 "Rahul Prasad")
Best work moment
Every day, between 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm when Asia is winding down, Europe is at lunch and the US is still not at work - I can actually get some work done.
Books on your bedside
The Lonely Planet guide to Namibia and Botswana
Massage or workout to de-stress
Cross-training followed by Shiatsu
Favourite accessory
Any Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet or IWC wristwatch
Designs that have caught your eye recently
Fondazioni Prada building in Milan designed by Rem Koolhaas
Your IT tools
The iPhone 6 and the new razor thin Apple Macbook
Favourite cocktail
Negroni
Favourite wine
Chateau de Nardon 2002 Bordeaux Superieur
Favourite champagne
Louis Roederer Brut Cristal 2006
Favourite TV show
Orange is the New Black
Best gift received
Being brought into this world by my parents
Best gift given
A holiday in Kenya gifted to myself
Favourite cuisine
North Indian
What food items do you like to shop for?
Shopping for cheese and meats to bring back to India
Newspaper and TV channels and websites you prefer
Newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal; TV Channels: ABC/CBS News, Netflix, NatGeo; websites: Google, I guess!
Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver of back seat like sahib?
Upfront, even in taxi cabs
On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Read
Fancy coffee or masala tea?
Masala tea
What do you cook on your day off?
Indian multi-dish fare for friends
Do you fill customer feedback forms? Why?
Only at luxury establishments so they can up the ante in terms of service and products
Are you a beach or mountain person?
Sun, sand and sea all the way
Your favourite city?
Tokyo - Bladerunner meets the Edo period
What's your fragrance?
Bottega Veneta
You get your work clothes from
Ermenegildo Zegna
The shoemaker you trust your sole with
Berluti and John Lobb
What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Weekday simple cereal, eggs and toast. Weekends full English breakfast with bacon and baked beans
Your current set of wheels
Triumph Thruxton 900
God for you is…
a creation of a very imaginative mind!!
Favourite cafe
Cafe Marly at the Louvre
Workday lunch is...
like winning the lottery as it is such a rarity
Your ideal holiday
In the savannah in Africa or diving in South East Asia
At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
Let others do the talking!
A few of your Goddesses are
my girlfriend, my mother and my sister. I still have one 'Goddess' slot open!
Alpha males you know
Me, myself and I, that's three people right there
Your favourite motto
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger
Rahul Prasad, Managing director (Asia Pacific and India),Pike Preston Partners
