His hobbies are free-form contemporary dance, pheasant stroking and coarse fishing.

His father later served as a diplomat at the British High Commission in Pakistan and later the head of security for an oil company.

He was selected for the Great Britain squad in 2006 and won a bronze medal in the eight at the Rowing World Cup in 2007 at Amsterdam and at the following 2007 Rowing World Championships in Munich.

He was in the GB team (Men's 8) in the Beijing Olympics, where he won the silver medal.

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