Life with Susie

BORN IN THE UK NOVEMBER 1942, WHILST HIS FATHER WAS SERVING IN THE CAMEL CORPS IN NORTH AFRICA DURING WW2, AFTER LEAVING GRAMMER SCHOOL, CHRIS WAS ARTICLED TO AND BECAME A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT. FROM THERE HE WAS EMPLOYED IN A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES BEFORE JOINING THE FORMER MAJOR US FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, SECURITY PACIFIC, OF LOS ANGELES, IN 1975. WITH SECPAC, HE ADVANCED TO EVP OF ITS EUROPEAN ASSET FINANCING SUBSIDIARY AND PDG OF ITS FRENCH BANKING SUBSIDIARY. HE WAS THEN RECRUITED BY BANK OF BOSTON AS CFO OF ITS EUROPEAN OPERATIONS IN 1987 BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO WHAT BECAME OYAK BANK IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY, IN 1991 AS ITS COO, CFO AND AGM, INCLUSIVE OF HEADING UP ITS FINANCE SUBSIDIARY IN DUBLIN, IRELAND. IN EARLY 2000, THEN AGED 59, CHRIS THEN RETIRED FROM INTERNATIONAL BANKING AND RETURNED TO THE UK, WHERE HE NOT ONLY FORMED HIS OWN CONSULTANCY FIRM BUT ALSO ENTERED INTO RELATIONSHIPS WITH FORMER COLLEAGUES AND CLIENTS IN SUNDRY ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES, ALL OF WHICH CONTINUE TO OCCUPY HIM TODAY.