1 What is your earliest memory of Edinburgh? I have recollections of my grandparents' house at Liberton. My parents later moved next door.
2 What are your memories of school? Due to my father being in aviation, we moved often and so I attended a n
umber of schools including George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Glasgow Academy and Repton in Derbyshire. I loved sports at school but generally couldn't wait to get out into the real world.
3 Where is your favourite place in Edinburgh and why? I love our home at the site of the old City Hospital at the top of Morningside. It's a three-storey, sandstone, Victorian town house that my wife and I are still struggling to finish off – despite being there nearly three years now.
4 What are the best things about Edinburgh? Edinburgh is both big enough to matter but small enough to have a distinct personality. I can go out in Edinburgh for lunch or dinner and odds on I will bump into someone I know. There are not many cities like that. It is also stunningly beautiful.
5 What would you change about the city? Without a doubt, I'd change the road traffic system.
6 Describe a perfect Edinburgh day/night out? I would start by going for a run around the Hermitage with my wife Alison and our chocolate lab Bailey, followed by breakfast at home. I'd then enjoy a few holes of golf at Mortonhall Golf Course. Alison and I would then have lunch at Oloroso or Sushiya. After a quick trip home to see Bailey (and sadly to check my Blackberry), I would go to the gym before heading off to Tigerlily to meet friends for a drink and dinner.
7 Which sports interest you? I love surfing, boxing, snowboarding, golf and shooting.
8 What was your most embarrassing moment? My little brother's best man speech at my wedding was highly embarrassing – he will regret that.
9 What is your greatest achievement? It has to be marrying my wife and becoming a partner, head of division and managing board member at HBJ Gateley Wareing.
10 Sum up Edinburgh in three words. Beautiful, village, home.
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