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From Boy Scout to boardroom: HF Holidays chief reflects on 40-year purpose-driven mission

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Gary Noakes
17 December 2024

If anyone scoffs at the idea of hanging up their boots when they retire, it’s David Harrington.

Harrington is an HF Holidays veteran of more than 40 years (Credit: HF Holidays)

Stepping down as chief executive of walking specialist HF Holidays after more than 40 years with the brand will give him more time to actually go hiking. “It’s boots on, not boots off,” he grins.

It was an ad in an outdoor magazine that attracted the former Boy Scout in 1984, who joined as marketing assistant “on below minimum wage”.