Shipbroker Quentin Soanes is eyeing an indoor marathon rowing record, adding to his string of sporting achievements. Not bad for a 64-year-old.
He also talks enthusiastically about plans to expand his London-based Sterling Shipping Services sale and purchase brokerage into chartering — brushing aside any talk of retirement.
“I like working,” says Soanes, chairman of a company set up in September 2013 by breakaways from Braemar Shipping Services.