Fighter Who Outsmarted Shell Goes Into Battle for Banks ; This Single Mum has Been a High Flying Politician and the Stockbrokers' Champion. Now She Faces Her Biggest Task

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She may not have them eating out of her hand yet. But if Angela Knight's record as stockbrokers' champion is anything to go by, it will not take long after she becomes head of the British Bankers' Association in November before she builds a following among the UK's most powerful bank bosses.

After eight years as chief executive of the quaintly named Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (Apcims), Knight commands enormous support among her members.

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Fighter Who Outsmarted Shell Goes Into Battle for Banks ; This Single Mum has Been a High Flying Politician and the Stockbrokers' Champion. Now She Faces Her Biggest Task

Her forceful interventions on behalf of their interests have turned her into a heroine for many of the firms she represents. The open admiration of the pinstriped brokers at Apcims' annual two-day conferenc...

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