-: In this role, in particular, I've been able
to affect change in the organizations,
so I can here almost six years ago.
The company was a very small entity.
We've quadrupled our profitability the time I've been here.
We troubled our capital base, and then we started
an operation in Canada, which is, a small operation.
We opened about 18 months ago, but it's going
to be much, much larger in the next two or three years.
From my perspective, I've been able to be creative,
innovative, and a drive change to the organization,
and really, it's been a pleasure to see this
place grow from say, 175 people to almost 500 people,
and be part of a large worldwide bank.
We're the fifth or sixth largest bank,
in the world depending on the assets,
an asset sized depending on the affects rate
import that day, so we're a very large organization,
but we're also an important part of the organization
as well, and becoming more important as time goes on.
Well, the biggest challenge is managing the calendar.
If you saw my calender, you'd be amazed that
there's no gaps, generally between seven thirty in
the morning until six, seven, maybe eight o'clock at night.
It's a very busy day, there's a lot of travel involved.
Going to Tokyo on a regular basis.
Going to Canada, go to London, where our affiliates are,
for example, so these things, California,
we also have affiliates there.
So that's a big time consumer so,
I'm away from the family a bit,
so I try to balance that as much as I can.
It's a challenge.