Born in Nairobi, I was educated at Juja Road Primary, Racecourse Secondary and Eastleigh Secondary schools in Nairobi. I left ESS in 1956 and completed my A levels at Duke of Gloucester School in 1958. In January 1959 I was a member of the Outward Bound course and successfully climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. I worked as a teacher at the City High School for a year. I left Kenya for England in 1960 to study Mechanical Engineering at the Birmingham University, I graduated in 1964 with IIA Hons.

I worked as an engineer with Foster Wheeler Corporation London, designing fossil fuel and nuclear power stations. I completed a Masters degree course in Engineering Production. In 1967 I joined British Oxygen Company as a Mathematician/Analyst in the Financial Services Department and finally became a Financial and Logistics consultant within the computer services division of the company. I am now retired, but prior to retirement I worked as a Technical Instructor and IT Consultant with IBM Education for three years. Before the move to teaching at IBM, I was consultant and project manager in Financial and Taxation systems for Banks and Insurance companies.

I married in 1966. My wife is a G.P and a Dermatologist. Both our children, a son and a daughter, are also doctors. We now have two lovely grandchildren, boy and a girl.

- As of October 2006