Confessions of a City girl: Barbara Stcherbatcheff lifts the lid

“When you think about people starving in the Third World, seeing people p***ing money away like that is awful.

“There was always an aggressive, egotistical atmosphere. Money was the be all and end all. In the end I’d had enough and I had to get out.”

Barbara worked in the heart of the Square Mile for five years, first as a trader for two large investment banks and then later as a market analyst. Initially she was seduced by the adrenaline-fuelled culture of working hard and playing even harder.