What was Lehman in Hong Kong like to work for when you first arrived?
I have to say that the management of Lehman at that time - we started our business officially under Howard Pollock - was extremely supportive. Howard felt it was important for Lehman to be able to originate revenues in Asia, not simply to distribute product. So I think the management support was there, although the ability to offer greater support was not because the infrastructure of the company was such that Asia still wasn't a tremendously important place for Lehman.
When did you start building a team?
I didn't hire my first person until July 1993: that was Lynne Chui. And to this day,...
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