JUSTYN REES LARCOMBE

Justyn Rees Larcombe was awarded the Sword of Honour at Sandhurst. At 30, having served a tour in Bosnia as a Major in the Artillery, he left the Army for a career in the City. After being fast tracked for promotion and finding financial success, he lost it all through an addiction to online gambling, losing three quarters of a million pounds in three years, his family, his home and his job. Realising he could fall no further, he found recovery and now.

Justyn is an author, speaker, media commentator and advisor on the issues of problem gambling. He is the founder and CEO of a charity offering recovery courses to those suffering from addictions of all kinds.

Justyn is currently a consultant with GambleAware and focusing on the issue of problem gambling in the forces.