Business Travel: Some Things You Should Plan, Other Things You Ought To Leave To Fate

One morning a few weekends ago I decided to go for a leisurely walk. I[...]

Why I Don’t Mind Hitting Up Kuwait For 5 Hours

A few months ago I was in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council = Bahrain, Kuwait,[...]

Here’s How To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone Today And Begin To Grow

If you want to succeed then you need get out of your comfort zone. Period.[...]

January 2019 India Trip – Seeing Investors, Meeting A Potential Client And Checking Out The Jaipur Literature Festival

Going forward I’d like to provide some highlights and takeaways from my travels as a[...]

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How I Met A USD160 Billion Institutional Investor By Checking Myself Out In An Office Window

I’d spent weeks trying to get hold of an individual heading the European office for[...]

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When Someone Tells You ‘We’re Not Interested’ Then Find A Way To Make It Interesting

In 2018 I helped a client raise over GBP230m from one of the biggest real[...]

Parable: The Investment Banker And The Good Cause

One day, two successful investment bankers, Lara and Alice, decided to give away their entire[...]

The Investment Banker And The Genie

The sun had partially disappeared behind the pyramids and crimson-coloured clouds illuminated the sky with[...]

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Destiny And The Birth Of A Delicacy Called Escargots

How Escargots (French snail dish) made its way into French cuisine is a tale of[...]