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InTRodUCTIon
A couple of years ago, I ran an advertisement for an investment
manager at my private equity company, Hamilton Bradshaw. In
the advert we said the successful candidate had to have three
years’ chartered accounting experience, must have worked for
one of the top five accounting firms, and should be Oxbridge
educated or the equivalent. It was the standard specification for
the job.
Early one afternoon I got a call from reception. ‘I’ve got
somebody downstairs who wants to see you.’
I took a quick look at my diary and saw I didn’t have any
appointments listed in my schedule. ‘I’m sorry,’ I said, ‘I can’t see
anybody. I’m too busy right now,’ and put the phone down.
Forty-five minutes later, there was another call. ‘James, he’s
still sitting in reception.’
‘What’s it about?’
‘Oh, he said he just wants to see James Caan.’
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