Morning Coffee With… Managing Director Of Meem Gallery, Charles Pocock

  |   20-12-2016

 

Managing Partner and Managing Director, Meem Gallery. British living in Dubai.

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What’s your morning routine before work?

A glass of water, swim, freshly squeezed juice, shower, then work.

How do you decide what to wear in the morning?

Depends on meetings in the daytime. Usually quite casual: white Charvet shirt, Ralph Lauren Jeans and Tod’s loafers.

Three items you can’t live without?

iPhone, iPhone and iPhone.

Favourite place you like to go to in Dubai?

My home.

What did you do last night?

No comment.

Complete the sentence: My perfect holiday would be.

A place with no phones.

What book are you reading at the moment?

Future Imperfect: Contemporary Art Practices and Cultural Institutions in the Middle East, edited by Anthony Downey.

Tell us a fact about you that nobody knows.

No.

Your favourite designer at the moment?

Alessandro Michele at Gucci.

Your current style inspiration?

My own I suppose.

Who would you like to be stuck on a desert island with?

I would rather not be stuck on a desert island, but if I was it would be someone whom is so repugnant I would put all my energies in getting off the desert island. I can give you a list if required.

Three things you hate?

iPhone, iPhone and iPhone.

What’s your personal motto?

If you cannot speak your mind, you have no mind to speak off.

How do you want the world to remember you?

That I made a difference in some way.