Samuel Pepys

Sep 7, 2024 | thetimes.com | Samuel Pepys |Lily Russell-Jones |Byron banked

It’s a sunny Monday afternoon and I’m sitting inside one of the world’s most exclusive private banks. In a cosy meeting room with steel-blue walls four plush red chairs are arranged around a wooden table. Diana Brightmore-Armour, the chief executive of C Hoare & Co, is opposite me. “Private banking is here to stay and there’s real demand for it,” she says. “That’s partly because high net worth individuals are continuing to be asset rich and time poor.