1) What is your current position?
Currently I am Director Moresand Ltd
2) What are your proudest achievements?
Proudest achievements was creating the call centre in Colombo – Sri Lanka – within 48 hours confirmed a location, met with lawyers to form a company and collected information in setting up communication to run telephony. Currently we have a 4,000 sq ft office with 160 staff
3) What inspires you?
Being surrounded by family who worked in the travel industry and who continuously inspired me to want to continue the successful family tradition.
4) What has been the biggest obstacle in your career?
The biggest obstacle of my career has been working to get good deals from major airlines due to their distribution policies which we have now overcome.
5) Who has been the biggest influence on your career to date?
The biggest influence on my career has been Carey Fletcher, ex Barclays Bank Manager who we employed as a consultant in Sam Travel.
6) What is the best aspect about your current role?
The best aspect about my current role is making sure the company keeps in line with innovation and moves forward alongside changing sales patterns, adding more market share to current destinations and setting new goals.
7) And the worst?
The worst aspect is filing documentation as we are a highly regulated company by the CAA and IATA.
8) What are your long term goals?
Long Term goals are to become one of the largest well known travel firms with a strong turnover and bottom line profitability.
9) If you were Prime Minister, what one aspect would you change?
If I was PM I would change inheritance tax as I feel the current system in unfair and the limits are too low especially for entrepreneurs.
10) If you were marooned on a desert island, which historical figure would you like to spend your time with and why?
If I was marooned on a desert island, I would like to spend my time with Marco Polo so we could chart the way out to the next destination!
