Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SES HD Plus Ghana Limited, Theodore Asampong, has talked about how a little flaw shattered his whole dream of becoming a pilot.
He disclosed that he wanted to enroll with the Royal Airforce to become a pilot because it was always a dream of his to fly a plane, therefore, after bagging himself Second class honors in Physics at the Imperial College, London, he decided to get into what he really wanted.
Mr. Theodore Asampong said this in an interviewed on the Y-Leaderboard Series on YFM, hosted by Rev. Erskine.
“I said let me join the Royal Airforce because I wanted to fly one of those planes, so, I went in there, went through some tests and passed them but when it came to the medicals, they found out that I didn’t have 2020 vision”, he said.
Theodore explained that to work in the Airforce as a pilot, one must have 2020 vision, however, the test proved his vision was not the best, hence, he could not fly a plane and that dream was shattered for good.
Looking on the brighter side, he still had the chance to work as a grounds crew but that was not the ambition, so, he decided to go take a course in spacecraft technology and satellite communication..
“I applied to do the MSc in spacecraft technology at UCL and I got a fantastic scholarship to do that course and it turned out well in the end”, he concluded.
Theodore is now the CEO of SES HD Plus GH Ltd, the country’s premium high-definition satellite broadcast service provider. SES HD Plus Ghana Limited is a subsidiary of SES, a leading global satellite operator with a fleet of over 70 satellites.
By: Maureen Dedei Quaye
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