Chartered Accountant (FCA), educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Born in Singapore, but moved to the UK aged 6.
Worked in the City (Touche Ross & Co, Hill Samuel Bank and the Kuwait Investment Office), Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea (the Swire Group).
Member of the Travellers' Club and the Royal Automobile Club (London), the Hong Kong Club and the Ladies' Recreation Club (Hong Kong) and the Papua Club (Port Moresby).
Roman Catholic (convert), member of the congregation, reader and member of the Finance Committee at St James's Church, Spanish Place. Companion of the Order of Malta.