Neil is a former Generation Engineer of the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation, Financial Secretary and Director of International Business for the Government of the Virgin Islands. His interests include economic development and self-sufficiency of small island states as well as governance and political economy in such states. His interests and work on behalf of the Government of the Virgin Islands has taken him around the world in pursuit of facilitating a more sustainable and resilient economy in the BVI.

He is a professional engineer, with graduate degrees in finance and international taxation.