Attorney-at-Law, Assistant Vice President, NCB Capital Markets Ltd.

What are your earliest memories of Kingston?

Getting dropped off to school at St Andrew Prep… and then realising I had forgotten my homework (again)!

What do you miss when you are not in Kingston?

My mum.

What has been your best World Cup moment so far?

Watching Ghana go through to the quarter-finals.

And what’s the best thing about being in banking? Well, as a lawyer and someone who loves making deals, being involved in banking allows me to understand and structure deals from a completely different perspective than a strictly legal one.

What are your favourite home comforts?

My Gemini CDM 3600 dual CD mixer, (I’m a frustrated DJ)… and MyBooks. (And running water, now that the drought is over).

What would you do if you were mayor (of Kingston) for a day?

Have a Citizens’ Action Day where we educate people about the simple things that individuals can do to make the city better, whether it be by joining a Neighbourhood Watch; adopting a school or planting a tree.

Share with us the title of the last book you read.

The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co by William D Cohan.

What’s your middle name?

Jomo Nyerere (No, I’m not making this up).

And the last bit of music that stirred your soul?

Count Your Blessings – Nas and Junior Gong.

What was your last bit of retail therapy?

A nice grey two-button suit I recently bought in Manhattan.

Which cologne are you currently splashing?

Fuel for Life by Diesel.

What is your preferred beverage?

Absolut Vodka and Tonic.

What was your most memorable meal in Kingston?

The garlic lobster and festival I had at The Cove a few months ago.

What are your current projects?

Helping NCB Capital Markets to become the best Investment House in the Caribbean and developing thingsjamaicanslove.com with my friend Neil E Williams.

What upsets you?

Bad manners.

Share your most memorable holiday spots.

Manhattan (NY,USA), Punta Cana in the Dom Rep and Couples Tower Isle, Jamaica.

Share a few places in your black book.

Newbury Street in Boston (great shopping),Forrest Park, Mavis Bank, Jamaica and Drambuie Villa in Reading, St James.

What’s your advice to a first-time visitor to Kingston? Visit the National Gallery, watch cricket on the Mound at Sabina Park, and do a small restaurant/cookshop tour of the city. Take a little time to get to know the people too. It’s the people that make Jamaica a great place.

What’s your philosophy?

An African proverb I heard once encapsulates it best: Life has meaning only in the struggle. Victory or loss is in the hands of the gods. So let us celebrate the struggle.