I grew up in Hong Kong.
Gweilo.com is my personal Hong Kong photography and family archive: photographs from trips back home, memories of growing up in the city, and the story of the projects my dad helped build.
That probably explains a lot.
It's a place that moves fast, thinks commercially and doesn't have much patience for theory without action. You learn early to pay attention, adapt quickly and get comfortable being slightly out of your depth. That's stayed with me.
Some of my strongest memories aren't big moments. They're small ones. The noise of the city, the contrast between old and new, the sense that something was always happening just around the corner. It gives you a different lens on the world. A bit more curious. A bit more pragmatic.
I've always been drawn to how things work. Not just technology, but systems. Businesses. People. Why some things run smoothly and others don't. Why some experiences feel effortless and others feel broken. That curiosity has followed me everywhere.
Travel has always been a big part of my life too. Partly from those early years, partly from work, but mostly from a genuine interest in seeing how different places operate. Different cultures, different expectations, different ways of solving the same problems. It keeps you grounded and stops you assuming your way is the only way.
Outside of that, I'm a husband and a dad. Married to Nicola since 1999, with two children who are now at that stage where they're forming their own views on the world. Which is both brilliant and occasionally challenging.
I've got a long-standing interest in technology, but also in things that are far more tangible. Property, infrastructure, how things are built and why they last. Probably inherited from my father, who spent his career working on major construction projects in Hong Kong and the UK. Read about the Hong Kong projects he helped build.
And then there's Star Wars. That's never gone away.
These days I'm thinking a bit more about what comes next. Less about climbing ladders, more about doing interesting things with people I like, in ways that actually matter.
Still curious. Still learning. Just a bit more deliberate about where I spend my time.
Hong Kong
