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My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.

My father-in-law just happens to be a global procurement guru. Now retired, he was the global head of procurement for some of the biggest companies in the world as well as our very own treasury.

My father was an agricultural economist. In 1989 he was posted to Mbarara, a small town on the Uganda-Rwanda border.

While my father was a diplomat rather than a business person, I count him as a critically important formative role model. He was comfortable living and working all around the world, wherever he was assigned.

I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year.

I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.

My writing has been shaped by the three countries - Sri Lanka, the Philippines and England - I have lived in.

In my wide travels across the world and my meetings with various heads of states, be that Africa or South Asia, Singapore or in high level meetings in the U.S., U.K. or Japan, one common mention is about Dr. Singh's extraordinary reputation as a Wise Man, an outstanding Economist and a fine Gentleman.

My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.

I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.