Sundowners at Dawn by Geoffrey Bignell
Forget the dull back office of many a financial institution, forget the dreary daily commute to work in grubby carriages on crowded trains. Geoffrey Bignell's memoirs introduce the reader to a kaleidoscope of energetic entertainment and exotic environments. He began work on the eastern staff of the National Bank of India (later to become Grindlays) at a time when the British Empire still occupied a substantial portion of the globe. How he carved himself a memorable career, and rose to a respected position is recounted poetically against the slow fading of that empire. With a wealth of poetic description and mordant observation, the author introduces us to his urbane friends and colleagues; we mingle with the rich and famous; we smell and hear the evocative scents and sounds of a myriad of far-flung corners of the world.
Geoffrey Bignell joined the National Bank of India in 1956 and spent the major part of his career overseas. On returning to the UK he was recruited as chief executive of an American investment bank in London and subsequently became chairman. He was appointed personal financial advisor to the Prince and Princess of Wales, and was awarded the LVO in 1995. He is currently a director to a number of companies mainly involved in the Middle East. Geoffrey Bignell lives in Sussex.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781857768114 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857768116 |
| Title | Sundowners at Dawn |
| Author | Geoffrey Bignell |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Book Guild Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 268 |
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