Lehman diaries: the PA to an MD in investment banking

'I remember watching it in the hotel. I remember people coming out of the front door with the boxes. I couldn’t believe it'

I obviously remember it really, really well. At the time, I was on holiday. I had gone away that weekend. We’d been hearing different things for a few weeks, I suppose.

I will always remember Mr X [who I was PA to] saying 'don't worry, everything will be fine'. We really did believe that. Never did we think anything like that was going to happen.

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