Luxury skincare brand, Nephria with Andrew Mills

Andrew Mills, a former career British Royal Navy weapon engineer and nuclear submariner, who retired after 26 years of service to set up an international high end beauty and skincare brand, called Nephria, with his wife, Charlotte joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Andrew Mills discuss the following:

  • Why did you leave the relative comfort and protection of the ‘Establishment’ (UK Military Forces) to set up your own business?
  • Why did you pick the business sector of ‘Beauty and Skincare’, which appears a long way from your existing professional skills?
  • What have you learnt about yourself since you started in business?
  • What advice would you give to your former self of 6 years ago, just before you retired from the British Royal Navy?
  • What type of person and what personal characteristics make a good entrepreneur?

Duration: 9:24

Born in northern England in the 1960s, I was educated at a Grammar School in Blackburn, Lancashire and at 18 was accepted to join the Royal Navy as a Weapon Engineer and Submarine Officer.  Following officer training and a degree in electrical engineering, I spent the majority of my Royal Navy career, either at sea or in a variety of jobs in procurement, training, instructing or developing weapon systems and tactics.

In parallel, I was fortunate to be selected for overseas sports tours in football, tennis, cricket and Cresta Tobogganing and I travelled the world to compete in and support a wide array of activities, both as participant and instructor.  My military career also encouraged and promoted in me a desire for extreme adventures and I spent many months in mountain ranges in Europe, the Middle and Far East, Africa, the USA and South America.

Following my final sea appointment, I met and later married Charlotte and we set up and now run our own international beauty and skin care brand, called Nephria.  We live in Hampshire, UK in the summer and St Moritz, Switzerland in the winter, where I work for and help manage the St Moritz Tobogganing Club – home of the Cresta Run.

Related Web Site: www.Nephria.com

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