Star Recruit: Duncan Bannatyne

Star Recruit: Duncan Bannatyne
Mon, 04 Jan 2016 | By The Recruiter Team

FROM JANUARY 2016'S RECRUITER MAGAZINE

George Martin, head of media recruiter Career Moves’ broadcast division, on the next possible role for former Dragons' Den dragon Duncan Bannatyne (OBE), who recently left the jungle in ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

With his vast business empire spanning health clubs, hotels, TV, stage schools, property and transport, it’s not easy to advise someone with the career credentials of Duncan Bannatyne.

In his 20s, Duncan’s CV could have been seen as jumpy. It wasn’t until the age of 30 that he had even opened a bank account.

Oh, how things have changed! Most famed for his entrepreneurialism and as a business angel on BBC’s Dragons’ Den, his most recent venture has been to swap interrogating business plans to living in the jungle of I’m a Celebrity.

His fee for the series was actually donated to the Operation Smile charity, so is salary no longer a deal breaker? Perhaps a career in TV development or indie acquisitions beckons?

Or maybe, his time down under has given him a thirst for an outback documentary, or even as a host for a Jeremy Kyle-type show. Watch this space...

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