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Sir Roger Gifford: ‘Banking is not all about earning fat margins’

The former Lord Mayor of London talks to FN about Brexit, banking being a force for good and making green finance profitable

Sir Roger Gifford: ‘Banking is not all about earning fat margins’
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Sir Roger Gifford has just 30 minutes set aside for our interview, but any concerns that Financial News will be left short-changed from the exchange are swiftly put to rest.

The former Lord Mayor of London and senior banker at Nordic bank SEB speaks so quickly, leaping from one idea to the next, that he covers in half an hour what many of his peers could stretch to double that.

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