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Tom Hayes gives advice to junior bankers: ‘Get your boss’s commands in writing’

Now free from jail, Hayes, 41, reflects on his marriage, his mistakes and his desire to return to the finance industry

Tom Hayes gives advice to junior bankers: ‘Get your boss’s commands in writing’
Photo: Danilo Agutoli for FN

Tom Hayes is struggling to adjust to life outside of prison.

“I’ve found myself, ironically, staying in my room a lot,” he tells FN from his London flat days after his release from HMP Ford, a low-security prison in West Sussex, before catching himself referring to it as his “cell”.

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