“We were at Sandhurst together and have remained friends since.

Their stories, combined with the Peak District and my family’s love of foreign exploration and fortunate ability to travel to interesting places like Thailand, Tunisia and Morocco, instilled in me a sense of adventure and generated my desire to travel.”He grew up in Forsbrook, Stokeon- Trent, Staffordshire, where the wild hills of the alluring Peak District hugely influenced that interest, leading to his adventurous career path. That was a really lucky escape.”With his extensive experience in travel and exploration, Levison was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 2011, and is also an elected Fellow of the Explorers Club and a visiting Fellow at CASS Business School. The rest, as they say, is history.On his mission to challenge myths and popular misconceptions and contest stereotypes, the inspirational paratrooperturned- photographer/explorer/ writer/broadcaster now educates and inspires a new generation of adventurers to visit misrepresented and off-thebeaten- track places. Even in the most desolate places, where people have near to nothing, I’m greeted with overwhelming hospitality, and their happiness and hope restores my faith in humanity.

Five months later, he arrived in Goa, having enjoyed one of the highlights of his early backpacking adventures and the initiation into the world of serious travel. I will be at the game at Edgbaston at the end of June, helping to raise as much money as possible!”In his bid to inspire youngsters to find their inner adventurer, the modern-day explorer has made his first foray into children’s publishing, having just launched his first children’s book. “Many of the countries I passed through on my Arabian journey were hairraising,” he reveals.

The people you travel with can really make or break your overall experience, so you need to be sure of your company before you set off!”Levison read modern history at Nottingham University, with his dissertation thesis on travel writing. All net worths are fact-checked and confirmed by our users. While it’s relatively simple to predict his income, it’s harder to know accurate expenses over the last year.Levison Wood salary information will be update soon.

Prince Harry’s charity, The Endeavour Fund, for which I am an ambassador, is very close to my heart. When it comes to credibility, experience is, of course, everything, and in 2010, Levison left the army, having acquired the skillset and mindset to lead others on expeditions in some of the wildest parts of the world, marking the start of his career as a ‘professional explorer’.Alongside taking up a career in journalism, he co-founded the adventure travel company Secret Compass, an independent expeditionary enterprise which conducts pioneering and exploratory expeditions to unique and remote areas worldwide on behalf of private clients, television production companies and major networks, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Discovery Channel and National Geographic.

That’s why I travel. That said, I’ve also enjoyed travelling with some mates and guides over the past five years.

Levison led pioneering journeys into undiscovered regions, including the first-ever successful crossing of Madagascar on foot, mountain climbing in Iraq, and a horse riding expedition retracing the steps of the explorers of the Great Game - attempts by the Russian and British Empires to gain influence in central Asia and along the Indian border through subterfuge, espionage and diplomatic deals with local chiefs.Having made a bit of name for himself through his work for the company, he was approached by a director to make a television programme. He is likely to see an increase in pay.