Chris Lacey:
An Automotive fanatic all his life. With over 40 years’ experience in the Motor Industry working and living in several countries across Europe. He still works and is Non-Executive Director & Board Advisor to many companies in Europe. His love is Motorsports, he loves driving and driving adventures, he is a car enthusiast regularly taking his C6 Corvette or his 1959 Healey to the roads. Chris is married to Maria and they have just celebrated their 38th anniversary. They have two children Emma-Jane and Anthony. During the trip Chris will become a granddad for the first time at the end of November as Anthony and his wife Diana expect their first baby [a boy] around that time.
John Paterson:
A travel enthusiast who has lived, worked and travelled in many countries globally. Now resident back home in Scotland pursuing a portfolio career whilst continuing his global adventures as often as possible. Last year completed a 5 weeks’ adventure driving across Southern Africa. A wine enthusiast and co-owner of award-winning vineyard Finca Ambrosia in Gualtallary in the Uco Valley, Argentina where the team will stop at for a few days. John and his wife Karen, who along with Mike’s wife Maureen will welcome the team at Finca Ambrosia and Ushuaia, have 3 children Lauren, Ross and Finlay.
Mike Patterson:
Mike has worked in Europe, North America and South Africa latterly running businesses in Scotland. He has been fortunate enough to have traveled extensively around the world – mostly for pleasure – but there are still many places he’s keen to explore. The trip offers an opportunity to combine his twin passions of driving and experiencing other cultures through travel.
Chris John & Mike are the core team for the whole journey, joining them are:
Paul Dolman. Cartagena Colombia – Quito Ecuador [7 days]:
Paul has travelled extensively over the years as a result of his time in the Drinks, Paper and Aviation businesses.
He now has a ‘portfolio career’ but still manages to spend a lot of time travelling,now for pleasure.He has managed to find time to join the team for the first stage of the South America trip.
Douglas Nunn. Quito Ecuador to Tupungato Argentina [27 days]:
Doug is an Offshore Drilling consultant who sold his own offshore Drilling business to PE in 2014. At 17, obtained his Private Pilot’s Licence before his Driving Licence. An avid sailor with his own yacht Doug has plans to sail the world. Residing in Norfolk, Doug is married to Jill and has a son Angus who is a commercial lawyer in London and a daughter Lucy recently married in Edinburgh.
Craig McLaren. Tupungato Argentina to ‘The end of the World’ [15 days]:
Brought up in the Copperbelt region of Zambia, schooled in Scotland then spent over 20 years working in the Middle East for Johnson & Johnson. Now back in the UK Craig is a Leadership and Healthcare adviser as well as an Executive Coach, Charity Trustee and a GlobalScot (Scottish Development International). He is always looking for the next big adventure having recently climbed Kilimanjaro, and the trip to Ushuaia will also help him come to terms with recently having to sell his beloved Mustang Shelby GT500 in Dubai.
Frankie Carlow. Tupungato Argentina to ‘The end of the World’ [15 days]:
Now also helping us in Guatemala and El Salvador with the loan of his Range Rover.
Frankie was born & bred in Glasgow but educated in Edinburgh. A contradiction which perhaps shaped his life! He ran away from Scotland at 18 to embrace the wildly different and exotic challenge of university in Manchester. Thereafter a short spell as a salesmen of Scottish biscuits to emerging superstores (ie. Asda) refined his skills set. This exceptional managerial pedigree prompted BAT to recruit Frankie as an International Marketing Executive, initially in Hong Kong. Thereafter a nomadic career covering many different cultures and countries followed. Along the way, Frankie learnt to speak proper English that people could understand and Spanish with a Glaswegian twang that many still find difficult to comprehend.
Destiny posted him to Guatemala and there he thankfully met and married the wonderful Tutti and has 3 gorgeous daughters Melissa, Camila and Lara. Frankie & Tutti live in Guatemala (dodgy & dangerous, just like Glasgow) where they divide their time between the City and Antigua.
Lois Lebegue. Bariloche, Argentina to ‘The end of the world’ [11 days]:
Also helping Chris, John and mike in Panama
Lois has lived and worked across the world with his family when an executive at Eastman Kodak.
Keen traveler, horse enthusiast since his childhood, Lois loves to sail boats in remote places with his wife Alexandra and their 2 kids Victoria and Louis. They are also proud producers of olive oil in their Spanish finca. Alexandra and Lois are now living between Singapore and Panama (nothing to do with taxes!) where they will be glad to welcome you.
Lois speaks sort of English and sort of Spanish with a sort of French accent!
Our America’s Challenge Drive 