Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Saxo UK boss Andrew Bresler tells us about his career, from disastrous interviews to client lunches, in this week’s Square Mile and Me

CV

• Name: Andrew Bresler
• Job title: CEO at Saxo UK
• Previous roles: A real mix of all things finance from senior trading positions in the UK, HK and Singapore, to driving brokerage and digital investment growth at large banks and technology providers.
• Age: 43
• Born: Johannesburg, South Africa
• Lives: Guildford, Surrey
• Studied: Economics
• Talents: Being persistently bad at golf
• Motto: Have a view. Add value.
• Biggest perk of the job? The breadth of my role. Being able to move from a discussion on marketing efficiency, to regulatory horizon impacts, to shaping a digital client journey, and then back to managing a specific risk exposure, all within just a couple of hours.
• Coffee order: Decaf flat white (yes, decaf)
• Cocktail order: Mezcal margarita
• Favourite book: The Road, Cormac McCarthy

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