Plain sailing on a Sunny day
The door to door mishap coincided with the timely return of another good Cargilfield friend, Ed Douglas-Miller, from a stint working on a game farm with the well-known conservationist Clive Walker. Ed was the source of the flawed intel that had landed me in trouble at Jan Smuts; he had arrived in South Africa a … More Motorbike Trip To Matopos Hills
So I took a risk, and it seemed to have worked out fine. And that’s when I should have gone straight to university, off the back of a successful warm up in Cambridge, but all my friends were taking a year out, so when it came to filling out the application form, I did the … More An Early Brush With Insurgents
More often than not a farfetched or absurd aim is a sign that a previous realistic aim hasn’t been met. It’s easier to hide failure behind some unattainable dream than come to terms with and correct flaws that saw a more modest goal missed. My favourite current example in Sport is England Rugby Union coach … More Billion Dollar Bet
In a modern world connected by the internet most things can be researched or acquired just by going online. Social media platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn provide desired leads and contacts, Google the rest. When it works, this saves time and money when compared with on the hoof reconnaissance, a welcome development that should open … More Origins Of Opal Oceans
You have decided to invest a small % of your portfolio in emerging markets in one way or another to reduce your exposure to developed economies, or take advantage of emerging market growth. You choose Turkey, and you decide to look to the longer term, in ten year time frames. What about currency? First of … More Planting A Currency Hedge
The Bosporus Boutique is a special type of conference that aims to help galvanize flagging growth and lagging investment by liberating the latent potential and talent of women in the Turkish emerging market. The Bosporus Boutique is the conference brand of Lale Speaker Buro, a speaker agency dedicated to the ideal of open market democracy, … More Bosporus Boutique 2018