On a quest to help charity

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29 May 2012

By Leicester Mercury | Posted 29 May, 2012

Since the launch of this year's Executive Quest a fortnight ago, several senior executives have come forward to try and raise more than £90,000 for LOROS hospice and cancer charity Prostaid by taking on a personal challenge.

Organisers of the event, accountancy firm Grant Thornton, hope to smash a £90,000 target this year, which would take the total amount raised since the Executive Quest started in 2010 to £250,000.

Ian Mattioli, chief executive of pensions firm Mattioli Woods in Enderby, has challenged himself to get within 20 per cent of his times as a teenage county sprint champion at 100, 200 and 400 metres – more than three decades after he set them.

Mr Mattioli said he was taking on the challenge after hearing his former school running coach Paul Blissett had died.

Mark Dunkley, a partner at law firm Harvey Ingram in Leicester, will be pulling on his Tigers rugby shirt and walking from the Northampton Saints ground to the Tigers' ground in Welford Road – a distance of 35 miles – for Prostaid.

For more about Executive Quest, contact Jemma Taylor-Smith on 0116 247 1234 or e-mail:jemma.taylor-smith@uk.gt.com

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