SAM HEWARD
CO-FOUNDER
June 2014
Graduates from Newcastle University with a 1st class degree and joins the Grant Thornton Graduate Scheme in London.

April 2016
Signs down for his first ultra and finishes as the top 25 year old in the Marathon des Sables, raising £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Research.

September 2017
Becomes ACA qualified and transfers to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Finishes second in the Wadi Rum Ultra and meets Jamie Sparks…

October 2017
The day before starting a new job at PwC sits down with Jamie for the first Ultra X planning meeting!

November 2018
Co-founds Ultra X with Jamie Sparks.

August 2019
Finishes UTMB in under 30 hours, coming in 104th overall.