|
|
 |
 |
| Nepal |
Major
Gyan Bahadur Gurung
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
|
 |
He joined
the British Army as a boy soldier at the age of
13 in 1955 to follow his father’s footsteps
in the British Army; he had fought in the 1st
World War. He served in 6th Queen Elizabeth’s
Own Gurkha Rifles for 32 years, culminating in
the appointment of Gurkha Major of 6th
Gurkhas, the senior Gurkha position in the Regiment.
After retirement, he was employed by British Gurkhas
Nepal, for two years as an Area Welfare Officer
in Pokhara, and for three years as the Brigade’s
Re-employment Officer in Kathmandu. This was a
new post established for the first time to find
work for ex-soldiers, and he established the office
and procedures which remain in place to this day,
and which have found thousands of ex-soldiers
work. In 1997, he was a founder member of British
Gurkha Overseas Services (Private) Ltd, and as
Chairman from its initiation, has formed the Company
and grown it to the success it is today. He is
proprietor of the Hotel Gurkha Haven in Pokhara,
and is Chairman of 6th Queen Elizabeth’s
Own Gurkha Rifles Nepal Association. He is a champion
golfer with many cups to his credit.
|
|
| |
Ram
Prasad Gurung
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
Born in Dehra Dun, India,
he joined the Brigade of Gurkhas in 1971 and served
in 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles. He
retired in 1990 and established his own business
in Nepal producing pashmina shawls. He joined
British Gurkha Overseas Services (Private) Ltd
in 1998 as the Operations Director, and was appointed
Managing Director in 2004.
|
|
| |
Kulprasad
Gurung
Public Relations Director
|
|
|
After acquiring a Bachelor
of Arts degree in 1972 and Bachelor of Education
and a Masters degree in Economics in 1975, he
was selected by the British Brigade of Gurkhas
Education Board to serve as Deputy Headmaster
in the Gurkha High School in Hong Kong. He served
in this position for twenty years, and during
this time was awarded Best National Teachers Award
by the Department of Education, Nepal. He joined British Gurkha Overseas Services (Private) Ltd in 1998 as the Public Relations Director and is in charge of candidate processing and liaising with governmental departments and foreign ministries.
He is a Director of the Einstein Academy in Kathmandu.
|
|
| |
Major
Ganga Bahadur Gurung
Recruiting Director
|
 |
Born in Singapore, he joined
the British Army in 1965 and joined 6th Queen
Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1968. He retired
in 1998 having reached the position of the senior
Gurkha officer (Gurkha Major) in the British recruiting
and welfare depot in Pokhara, Nepal. After retirement,
he joined the Gurkha Welfare Scheme in Nepal as
an Area Welfare Officer. He joined British Gurkha
Overseas Services (Private) Ltd in 1998 as the
Recruitment Director. He enjoys golf and is a
member of the Ex-Brigade of Gurkhas Society in
Nepal.
|
|
| |
Lieutenant
Man Bahadur Bura Magar
Training Director
|
|
|
He joined the British Army in 1974, serving in 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles, and retired as a Lieutenant in 1997. He joined the Company in 1998 as the Training Director. He is also the Managing Director of the newly formed Gurkha Multiskills (Private) Ltd, the training academy affiliated to British Gurkha Overseas Services (Private) Ltd. Throughout his army career he was an advocate of effective education for the children of Gurkhas and the Nepalese community, and after retirement he founded, and became the Chairman of, the Gorkha International Public Higher Secondary School in Dang, Nepal.
|
|
| |
Ganesh Kumar Thapa
Manager, Operations
|
|
|
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Economics and Political Science from North Bengal University in 1988, he worked as a Teacher in India. He joined British Gurkha Overseas (Private) Ltd in 1999 as General Clerk and was later promoted to Manager, Operations in 2005. He liaises with shipping clients and deals with the movement and welfare of crew members employed.
|
|
| |
Lydia
Giannakopoulou
|
|
|
The certified English instructor
for Gurkha Multiskills (Private) Ltd. She has a Certificate
in Teacher Training from the British Council,
Athens, Greece, a Cambridge/RSA Certificate of
English Language Teaching to Adults, an Advanced
Diploma in Education and a Masters of Arts in
Education, both of which were obtained from The
Open University of UK. She has 19 years of working
experience teaching English to adults at beginners',
advanced and intermediate levels and has worked
in various countries such as Nepal, Thailand,
Germany and Greece. She is multilingual and speaks
and writes fluent German, Tibetan and Nepali.
She also speaks French, Italian, and Thai.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
