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Around 60 of BCCI's members, along with special invited guests. The President of BCCI as well as the special guest, Senior Minister Francis Fonseca, told us more:

Giacomo Sanchez, President BCCI
"This is the second year, um, since we launched it, um, and, um, it- we found it very necessary because there's always, we've always been hearing that there are so many initiatives for women."

"And so as part of that, uh, our platform, we decided that, you know, we need to invite the men from our membership, primarily from our membership, um, or their representatives to come and, and understand and appreciate, um, topical issues relating to men's, um, physical well-being, uh, work-life balance, and that kind of thing, which is important to, you know, sustaining a, a healthy lifestyle."

"So far it has, uh, generally been surrounding, um, medical, um, interventions. And so we have had two doctors who, who gave, um, issues on cardiovascular care and also, uh, primary care."

"Um, so those are two areas that were heavily emphasized in the earlier session."

Francis Fonseca, MFAT/MOECST
"Men are notorious for, for not wanting to talk about their own health and, and wellness."

"Um, and of course, you know, I've had my own experience, uh, with my health issues, um, this year. And so I'm glad they invited both me and Dr. Coye, who was my physician, um, to talk about, you know, our experience and to share, um, with these business leaders, um, you know, how I have recovered, um, and what are some of the, you know, um, challenges that, that I faced, uh, and how can they learn from my own experience."

"Um, so I talked to them, you know, about ensuring that first you, you listen to your body, um, you make sure that you get regular checkups."

"Um, we have to learn to manage our schedules, you know, as leaders, whether in the private sector or public sector, we're always busy. There are lots of demands on our time, but you have to manage your schedule and make sure that you carve out in that schedule, um, times for physical activity."

"One of the killers, because we're talking about heart disease today, is really just being sedentary, you know, sitting down, and that's, of course, for business people and, and, and leaders like me, um, we spend a lot of time in meetings sitting down."

"Um, so you have to make a deliberate effort to, to carve out time to, to be active and, and to do exercise."