We caught up with Roger Mitchell while he was in London, to talk about his new book Sports Perfect Storm: An Industry Now Totally Adrift.
Roger describes himself as 'a chartered accountant from Glasgow' who at the end of the 1990s 'made his personal passion for sport a profession' when he became CEO of the Scottish Premier League, giving him a seat at the UEFA table. Now he runs his own boutique investment firm Albachiara, from his home on Lake Como. 
The venue for the conversation was upstairs at L'Escargot the French restaurant in Greek Street, which is one of the great institutions of Soho. And a big thank you to its new owner Thomas Hitzlsperger. 

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