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Monday 01 December 2014 7:50 am  |  Updated:  Friday 07 June 2019 6:21 pm

Alastair Lukies: Three things you didn’t know about the Monitise founder

By: Gabriella Griffith

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1 He grew up on a “pick your own fruit farm” where his dad received the Winston Churchill scholarship for entrepreneurialism in farming.

2 He left school at the age of 16 with four GCSEs and went on to become a professional rugby player before founding Monitise.

3 Alastair’s right ear is noticeably bigger than his left. Sadly, this photo doesn’t do that justice.

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