City of LondonThe results of Ben"s assignments were often newsworthy, but Ben wanted no part of this. When required, he would produce press releases which would always feature Smedleys role but rarely if ever mentioned Ben by name. Although his work became very well known in the City, no-one was able to know Ben in person, and virtually no-one outside of the City had heard of him.
Indeed it was as a result of his work which caused Ben and Natasha to first meet. It happened a few months after Ben first joined Smedleys and he was already developing a reputation within the bank. He had newly completed a major coup, providing eleventh-hour finance to enable a management buyout of a successful manufacturing business when its overseas owners were looking to close the operation and move to India
