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 [...]

Your Every Move Should Appear Inspired By A Divine Force

The role of a dealmaker is surprisingly straightforward. To bring two parties, or more, together [...]

What You Need To Build A Family Business That Lasts 100 years or more (#2)

This article is part of a series focused on family businesses (and family offices) and [...]

What You Need To Build A Family Business That Lasts 100 years or more (#1)

Two things ensure a family business is successful and endures: Its ability to perform and [...]