My skills to excel in realestate have been developed from many years as executive officer of leading global Container leasing company based in Singapore, with main responsibilities in marketing, sales, procurement, operations and Planning.

I have spent more of my life outside New Zealand than in the place of my birth. Anne and I have been married for 40 years, and our twin daughters and Son were born in the UK when we were living in London. My last 13 years prior to returning to New Zealand I was based in Singapore as chief operating officer for a multi billion dollar global company, essentially responsible for all commercial, procurement and operational functions of the organisation.

A few years ago, we felt we had done everything we wanted to do in terms of what living overseas could offer, and decided it was time to come home to NZ. Anne's roots are here in the Hawkes bay and she had no difficulty convincing me this was where we should settle down.

I have an expansive guitar collection that I have managed to add to as I travelled the world, but unfortunately my musical talent has its limitations so I had to rule out becoming a rock star as the last stage of my working career. :-).

I am also a very keen chef, however I ruled out any path in this direction due to the fact that being around great food all day will only make my attempts at losing weight, harder than it is.

Then I met Sophie, and she inspired me to consider a career in real estate... so here I am, surrounded by a really capable and supportive team, and so excited about getting the job done!!