I was born in Kisumu, Kenya in 1945 and studied at Nairobi South Primary school where I finished joined the ESS. I was there from 1958 to 1961. I was then at Highway Secondary School from 1962 to 1963 where I finished my 'A' levels. I arrived in the UK in 1964 and joined a firm of chartered accountants.

I then joined BEA in the passenger revenue department. I then went on to work for British Airways Concorde engineering where I was a fees process administrator. I finished with BA after 35 years' service and took early retirement in February 2003.

- As of October 2006