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Quintessentially executive leaves comfort zone for ‘no-brainer’ Himalaya trek with 100 Hong Kong office workers

Quintessentially executive chairman Emma Sherrard Matthew jumps at the opportunity to trek in India for bonding, a sense of achievement and charity

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Quintessentially executive chairman Emma Sherrard Matthews trekking through Bhutan in the Himalayas. Photos: Handouts

Trekking through an extreme environment with 100 strangers sounds like the perfect holiday for Quintessentially executive chairman Emma Sherrard Matthew.

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And so when she heard about Just Challenge’s plan to take a group of office workers into the Himalayas, signing up was a “no-brainer”.

“I don’t know many of the people, so I love the randomness of it,” said Sherrard Matthew, whose company provides members with luxury lifestyle products and events. “People are out of their comfort zones, but it will be about getting to know them.

“What I love will be walking with people I’ve just met in quite a random setting.”

Emma Sherrard Matthews at the start of the Kokoda trail in Papua New Guinea.
Emma Sherrard Matthews at the start of the Kokoda trail in Papua New Guinea.
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Just Challenge is a new company that aims to take desk jockeys out of their natural environment and into wild places to help them grow and develop as a team and individuals.

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