John’s stories of Adventure & Finance

As both son of a Scotsman, & early Otago settlers, the adventurous gene was present. From universities, one of which I had a brush with student politics; to government induced uncertainty in the industry entered, I was forced to leave NZ.  Applying my esoteric academic interest in the financial markets. Firstly, in Sydney, Chicago, NYC & London before Moscow my official residence for 18 years. Then back to NZ. Happy to talk about anything of interest, if financial markets defined topic: member of the Exchange, options broker/dealer, bank proprietary trader, inside a hedge fund, perspective of an academic heretic, insight of the current economic climate/ position today.