14 Facts About Hamish Harding

George Hamish Livingston Harding was a British businessman, pilot and adventurer based in the United Arab Emirates.

Hamish Harding was the founder of Action Group and was chairman of Action Aviation, an international aircraft brokerage company with headquarters in Dubai.

George Hamish Livingston Harding was born in Hammersmith, London, on 24 June 1964.

Hamish Harding spent his early childhood in Hong Kong, then a Crown Colony, and was inspired by the Apollo 11 landing while watching the event on TV with his parents in 1969.

Hamish Harding was educated at The King's School, an independent day school in the city of Gloucester in South West England from 1975 to 1982.

Hamish Harding earned his pilot licence in 1985 while attending Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Hamish Harding was a graduate of Cambridge University with a degree in Natural Sciences and a post-graduate degree in Chemical Engineering.

Hamish Harding helped establish Logica Middle East in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, as well as serving as the Managing Director of Logica India until he founded the private investment company Action Group in 1999.

Hamish Harding worked with an Antarctic VIP tourism company, White Desert, using a Gulfstream G550 to introduce the first regular business jet service to the Antarctic.

Hamish Harding visited the South Pole several times; he accompanied Buzz Aldrin in 2016 when he became the oldest person to reach the South Pole and his son when he became the youngest.

Hamish Harding flew to space as part of the suborbital Blue Origin NS-21 mission, on 4 June 2022, on the fifth crewed spaceflight of the New Shepard rocket.

Hamish Harding advocated for the United Arab Emirates to expand its space programme.

Hamish Harding was on board the Titan, a vessel owned by OceanGate, Inc.

Hamish Harding was married to his wife Linda and he had two sons and two stepchildren.