A decade has passed since I left Norton House and the black and white gates of Selborne College in East London. It has been a wonderful free spirited 10 years without the daily torture of routine and regimentary uniforms. I have decided as we approach this milestone, an important "My God" milestone, that a website should be set-up so we can all discover what old friends or old adversaries have experienced.

This is my story.

I left Selborne College at the tender age of 17 and traveled up to Pietermaritzburg were I studied for my IMM (Institute of Marketing Management) at the infamous Damelin business school. I completed the diploma and after convincing my father that I was no longer an aspiring middle distance athlete he allowed me to travel abroad.

December 1995, London, Crickelwood, kitchen floor, my new home. I may have been a damn site far away from comfort but I was only a chip and putt away from "freedom" .My first year involved working at Linklaters & Paines a law firm in the heart of the city. I was the glorified filing clerk and loved the fag breaks and Essex piss taking.

A year had passed and a childhood passion still burned inside me, so I signed up with the banking agencies and started a 3 month temporary contract with Citibank, after a year I was selected for participation in a 7month traineeship program in Zurich where I spent most of my time on the piste snowboarding and the rest of the time based in the Foreign Exchange and Treasury departments.

I returned to London in 1998, meddling in Fund Management for a year and a half. However that was more than enough time as the smelly tubes and morning sardine run into the city was eating away at my character, so I arranged a transfer to Jersey in the Channel Islands and decided to become a Compliance officer as I thought a well deserved break would be in order.

I was so wrong but for all the right reasons because in 2000 I got married and 11 months later my wife Zoe gave birth to my son Joshua Connery. In 2001 I completed my Investment Management & Financial Markets (IMC & ACI) qualifications with IMRO (UK) and finally got invited to join the Citibank Treasury desk as a Money Market dealer, trading the EURO and STERLING in the Treasury and Derivatives markets. I also enjoy bashing the RAND about when it suits.

2004 gifted me with the second addition to my family when my daughter Tayla Connery was born in March.

Shane Connery

Assistant Vice President

Treasury Trading Desk

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