Allen & Overy’s global head of structured and asset finance on koi carp and novelty Christmas toys

What’s the closest you have come to doing something other than law? My love of animals, studying Biology at A-level and breeding birds and fish (I have over 50 birds in two large aviaries, 65 fish including koi in a large pond, an assortment of marine fish and tropical fish in two aquariums and sea turtles in another aquarium) is not what you would expect from your typical lawyer and I came close to choosing to become a vet in my earlier years at senior school.