Former M&A banker Adam Taylor was on show at this year’s Crufts dog show with his new online pet food company Then: consumer goods M&A team, Lehman Brothers in London Now: founder of online pet supplies store PetShopBowl.co.uk

"I never expected investment banking to be a job for life and I'd long been interested in doing something entrepreneurial, but I would have found it hard to leave the City if the downturn hadn't hit and my team hadn't been made redundant shortly before the final days of Lehman Brothers.