I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I wasn't born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me.

The mantra of the National Commercial Bank is 'building a better Jamaica.' If this bank is going to be everlastingly successful, it has to take on the ailments of this society.

You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you cash flow, and, at the end of the day, cash flow is what is important. Gold doesn't give you dividends.

You must look like a money person for clients to trust you.

My first playpen was a cardboard box.

From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the trough that defines you.