The Salut! Women of Our Times Luncheon is over and LIME’s head of legal and regulatory Rochelle Cameron can finally press Pause! This provides us with the perfect opportunity to pour a few more glasses of Champagne and discover more about this successful fabella.

Jeans or LBD?

LBD for sure!

Flats or stilettos?

I’m tall but love stilettos even when they are so high that the altitude changes.

Who does your hair?

Lisa Hutchinson — she is the best!

Who does your nails?

The amazing Charmaine Richards.

What perfume are you wearing?

Carolina Herrera New York. They have stopped producing it, so everywhere that I go and see it, I buy it.

What are your travel essentials?

That is a hard one. I am one of those people who always have to check in their bag: I have not mastered the art of packing light. You should see the detailed packing lists that I have on my computer. The good thing is that I proudly struggle with my bags, pleased with myself that I am prepared for every imaginable event, natural disaster and the possibility of being trapped on a desert island.

How would you describe your personal style?

Sleek and metropolitan.

Are you a romantic comedy or action adventure type of woman?

To be honest, I don’t really like movies. I love crime documentaries and reality TV. I only go to the movies because I like movie food: jumbo hot dogs, popcorn and nachos.

What is your favourite pastime?

I MC weddings and I really love the whole process of making up jokes, ferreting out the stories from the bride and groom, and building the vibes. I secretly want to be a stand-up comedian so weddings give me practice and a captive audience.

What is your idea of a perfect date?

I love a country “drive out”, stopping at every soup shop, eating boil corn, roast yam, drinking some cold Red Stripe and “nuff laughing”.

What bad habit would you most like to put in your rear-view mirror?

Not checking my voicemail (really bad for someone in telecoms).

Who inspires you?

Two very special ladies inspire me, Esmie Hyatt (my grandmother) and Marcia Cameron (my mother). My grandmother was a shopkeeper in Lucky Hill, St Mary. She can still add entire bills in her head well into her eighties. She was before her time: a strong, forthright businesswoman. She drilled into my head that ladies carry handkerchiefs and a fan. My mother is the most hilarious person I know. She is a woman of faith, a nurturer and impressive leader. She showed me how to blossom where you are planted. They both remind me that what we have now came after much struggle from women before us. We have no excuses, we need to press in.

Who or what inspired you to become a legal eagle?

I was inspired by Matlock and Kojak.

What, if any, challenges have you had to overcome while climbing the corporate ladder, and how did you overcome them?

Marianne Williamson said, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.” My greatest challenge is me and my fears and failing to acknowledge that the battle is not mine, the battle is the Lord’s.

Take us through a typical work day.

I get up and have my morning devotion, make some power juice and then I check my e-mail before heading out. I get into office and I try to tell everybody that I see good morning; it brings a smile to people’s faces and gives me joy. The days are filled with the responsibilities of heading a legal and regulatory department, meetings, phone calls, contract reviews, litigation, that’s the official work. I am blessed with the opportunity to do what I call the Fruit of the Spirit work, which comes from being responsible for the Colleague Engagement team at LIME. We just had LIME Heroes’ Day and we are in the Christmas edition of our weight loss programme Biggest Winner. Our next big thing is our internal LIME Schools’ Challenge competition. In the evenings I try to get in a boot camp workout with Jason Palmer of Stylz Bootcamp and for that hour, all I can hear are my lungs struggling for air and I forget all the stress of the day. Mixed into all that, I can always find many things to make me laugh out loud and inappropriately.

Where do you see yourself five years from now?

I like this quote from Nkosi Johnson: “Do whatever you can with whatever you’ve been given, in the time you have, wherever you are.” In five years I want to be doing what I can with the gifts with which I am blessed, in the time that I have, wherever the Lord has led me… and interviewed by Oprah Winfrey.