He had the good fortune to be a premier client at HSBC, and when he needed to set up accounts in Costa Rica to open Kalon, he was introduced to San Jose, Cost Rica nativebeauty Silene Vega Delgado, a fast-track MBA-minted executive at the bank.
In the beginning, commercial banks refused to fund his venture while mainstream salons, beauty parlours and large retail outlets refused to stock his product because it was too native.