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Chapter 8
Herbert Mensah
On 6th Sept 2018, I was able to sit down with my family and relive some memories on Sky Sports thanks to a documentary that World Rugby Films had commissioned on a project that I was involved with in 1996 that deemed worth of telling. The reason that I bring it up in this particular “Brilliant Minds” reference is because of a man called Herbert Mensah, Mr Fix It.
Herbert Mensah is a highly successful businessman who has also developed and produced some of the biggest and most memorable media extravaganzas in Ghana. I was lucky enough to work and get to know him in 1996. He continues to one of the most important “Brilliant Minds” that I have ever met and certainly changed the path of my life.
By Harvey Thorneycroft
Chapter 8: Herbert Mensah
It is very rare that an event that you put together, in this case the inaugural Sports Gives Back Awards ceremony, ever gets to be on terrestrial TV.
However, on 19th August 2019, Connie asked me to accompany her to meet Niall Sloane, Head of Sport at ITV, at 2 Waterhouse Square, 140 Holborn, London. I was there for moral support really as Connie’s passion is so wonderful, he was immediately hooked. All I needed to do was endorse it. It was filmed at the Royal Institution on 5th March and eventually broadcast on Tuesday, July 21 at 10.45pm on ITV. A very proud moment for all of us.
On 6th Sept 2018, I was able to sit down with my family and relive some memories on Sky Sports thanks to a documentary that World Rugby Films had commissioned on a project that I was involved with in 1996 that deemed worth of telling. The reason that I bring it up in this particular “Brilliant Minds” reference is because of a man called Herbert Mensah, Mr Fix It, whom I mentioned earlier.
I was contacted by Rich Melton, a Series Producer for World Rugby TV part of Engage Sports Media. He had got in touch with me after seeing a LinkedIn post about The Discovery Tour of West Africa and I quote; “Serendipitously, I was looking for stories in Ghana and the Ivory Coast for World Rugby TV when I came across the post, and immediately wanted to do a story about it. I have been to Abidjan and Accra (not solely for this story, I hasten to add) and I have interviewed Herbert Mensah and Naas Botha (as well as the concierge at the Labadi Beach Hotel) and wondered if we might be able to sit down and do an interview about it when I return to the UK.” After a number of meetings, Rich eventually came to Wimbledon in July 2018 to interview me armed with a camera crew. I should probably give you some context to the reason why this was such an interesting story for World Rugby to commission.
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