GUERNSEY LIFE

So, I would consider myself local, even though I was born in Oxford and grew up in Sri Lanka until aged 5. My dad, and my dads dad were both locally born lads, with my mums family from London/Cheshire and my dad’s mum from Bradford.

I come from a family of builders who helped to build modern Guernsey, with my papa building many of the homes built in the 1960’s and my dad being an senior engineer on projects like the RoRo ramp installation, the construction of the concrete exhaust tower for the Electricity Board and the hospital expansions in the 1990’s  and 2000’s to name just a few.

I went to school at Vale Junior, Vale Primary, then St Sampsons (the old one on Delancy, where we played British Bulldog, World Cup Willy and had monkey bar fights at break), then on to the Grammar for A levels. Next I studied theatre at Uni in Edinburgh, getting a degree in theatre production from Queen Margrets.

After Uni, I had a choice. Go and work in theatre, or pay the bills. So, I got a job in Edinburgh, working in finance, getting a middle management job at Royal Bank of Scotland. I met the mother of my children, and we moved to Guernsey in 2007 to raise our children. We separated in 2024 and are in the process of divorcing, but remain fully committed to raising our children together.

FINANCE

I worked for a boutique fund manager during the 2008 GFC (great financial crisis), then worked at various fund administrators and managers at management level until I made my way to CEO of what became, during my tenure, the  islands largest asset manager until leaving that work in February 2026.

As well as working hard over the last 20 years, I have helped raise my two awesome kids, sat on GIFA Executive as Vice Chair, sat on GIBA Executive, been the Young Business Groups vice president and president and spent over a decade working with the Chamber of Commerce as the finance sector lead, culminating in being voted in as President of the Chamber nearly two years ago.

  • Vice Chair of GIFA

  • Executive member of GIBA

  • President and Vice President of the Young Business Group

  • Finance sector lead at the Chamber of Commerce for over a decade

  • President of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce

COMMUNITY

I have also spent a lot of my spare time entertaining. I’ve been a member of GADOC for 30 years, acting in many productions from Les Mis to the Vicar of Dibley. I also sing with the Accidentals and ballroom dance with the amazing Debbie Bideau as well as compering many local charity events.  I produced the first new musical in the world (probably) after Covid (All Nighter) and, just last year, a new musical about Guernsey during the occupation (Radio Silence) and help various local theatre companies with funding and advice.

I now live with my partner (a singer and teacher). We enjoy trips to France, going to the pub, walking, karaoke, Board games and meeting and helping people.

I love to spend time with my kids (who, it goes without saying, I am immensely proud of), play 4X grand strategy games, read science fiction and fantasy novels, philosophy and a lot (some might say too much) financial news and analysis.

So that is a short, potted history of me. Congratulations if you made it all the way through, it took me 46 years to achieve that.

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