For Andy Halliday, the opportunity to manage the GB Men's Olympic hockey team at London in 2012 was the pinnacle of an enthralling journey. After a career spanning three decades policing London and balancing the demands of international sport, he is able to reflect on a wealth of experience at the sharp end of life.

Whether it is the crime frontline of eighties Britain or the fight against terrorism in the nineties, he has a story to tell. With such despair at the bombings of July 2005 contrasting the joys of July 2012, he has witnessed, first hand, the very worst and the very best of life in our capital city.

From International sport to high performing specialist police teams, he now draws on some incredible experiences and talks openly of life in an elite team environment. "You've got to experience and use failure to grow". Its not just about success, his story encapsulates joy, despair and pretty much everything in between. 

However, he is a man who never forgets the grass roots of the sport he has enjoyed playing for nearly 50 years.  A charity fund raiser with crazy global hockey dribbling challenges. He is proud of his ambassador work with disability hockey, hockey4heroes and his earlier work with the FRE Flyers, an incredible set of Newham youngsters who took up hockey as part of the legacy of the 2012 Olympics. He is an occasional TV 'colour commentator' covering National and European indoor hockey events and the FIH Pro League.

16 years working with England and GB Hockey came to an end as he stepped away from managing the Mens team at the end of the Tokyo Olympics. His involvement with hockey continues with a Performance Hockey coaching role at Framlingham College in Suffolk.  www.framlinghamcollege.co.uk 

He also works as an associate with Cleartrack Performance,    www.cleartrackperformance.co.uk  as a qualified executive coach and workshop facilitator, supporting both public and private sector clients to develop an awareness of 'human factors' in the workplace.