This week in the China Shop, Duncan Mavin stops by to discuss his latest book, The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal. Listen along as Duncan explains how the lending practices of Greensill led to its downfall, how they tied into GFG's Gupta's metals empire and Credit Suisse's role in the whole debacle.
About Duncan: Duncan Mavin is a seasoned international financial journalist. Born and raised near Newcastle, he studied history at Durham University and spent a decade as a chartered accountant in the city and in Toronto. He then became a financial reporter and foreign correspondent for Canada’s National Post. Since 2009, he has been a reporter and editor for Dow Jones publications including the Wall Street Journal, based in Hong Kong, London and New York. Duncan wrote and edited the Journal’s influential Heard on the Street column for several years, and was the Journal’s Financial Editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was also the Managing Editor for Barron’s Group. His writing has also appeared in Barron’s, Financial News and on Bloomberg News. He lives with his wife and three sons in the UK and is a long-suffering fan of Sunderland football club. The Pyramid of Lies is his first book.
2Bullsinachinashop.com Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZFCH4Y1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0