
Feeling grim
Burnt out
‘A stroll after the close? There’s something I want to chat with you
about.’ The email from Brian was nothing unusual. We would often
go down to Grosvenor Square to have a chat in the fresh air, where
the team wouldn’t see us. At that point we had been running Holte
Capital together for four years, with me as the portfolio manager and
Brian as the CFO. We had had our ups and downs, but I felt our
friendship was stronger for it, and I felt incredibly lucky to have Brian
working with me.
On the short walk down Brook Street we made a point of never
discussing confidential business issues. Mayfair was swarmin ...