This week’s Island Influencer is Jamie Lewis, Founder at COURTESY, helping hospitality brands build, transform and communicate.
In addition, Jamie is the Managing Director of Extra Fancy, Co-Founder of Table of Two and Director & Trustee of Isle of Pride.
Jamie grew up in Chesterfield during the “new Labour years” with a big focus on education and a big focus on getting people from disadvantaged backgrounds into University. He went to Sheffield University, admitting he “burnt the wick at both ends”, working 20-30 hours a week and partying, Jamie still graduated with a 1st degree in sociology and politics.
Although he was (and still is) fascinated by politics and what is happening in the world, most of Jamie’s experience is in the hospitality industry. Jamie has created businesses today steeped in values learnt through working for McDonald’s and Disney in his teens and twenties.
Like many of my Island Influencers, Jamie thought he would come to the Isle of Man for a few months and ended up settling here!
I particularly enjoyed his chicken nugget – Usain Bolt at the Beijing Olympics, yarn…
Here is my conversation with Jamie Lewis in episode 84* of Island Influencers.
Apologies for the sound quality throughout Jamie’s episode. Jamie is a very busy man, and I had been trying to chat with him for a long time, the easiest way to arrange this sooner rather than later was over Zoom. Unfortunately, the sound quality is a little different from what you’d expect from the Island Influencers podcast, however, it is not an episode to be missed.
Useful links:
You can find Jamie on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram
Extra Fancy can be found at their Instagram or Twitter pages
Visit Courtesy’s website or Instagram
