"I was a Citibank Director doing 30g of Coke a week" | Mentoring Gary Stevenson while Spiralling

What happens when the pressure to perform drives a high-achieving Citibank Director into a devastating, hidden 30g-a-week cocaine habit? In this incredibly candid interview, former professional rugby player, Oxford graduate, and senior foreign exchange trader Kent Bray strips back the "mask" of corporate success. Kent opens up about running the biggest forward FX book at Citibank while a drug dealer met him outside Canary Wharf every single morning, how he successfully hid his spiral from his colleagues (including a young trader he was mentoring, Gary Stevenson), and the terrifying rock-bottom moment in a hotel room that finally saved his life. Now a mentor and counsellor to elite corporate executives and international rugby players, Kent reveals why so many "successful" people are secretly spinning out of control—and how they can find a way back. 00:00 - The Secret Life of a Citibank Director 01:30 - The Mask of Success: Meeting 20 years later 02:45 - From Professional Rugby to the Trading Floor 04:00 - The First Line: How it starts in elite environments 05:30 - The Onset of the Spiral & Hiding 5-Stone Weight Loss 07:15 - 30 Grams a Week: The Daily 9 AM Dealer Drop at Canary Wharf 09:30 - Mentoring Gary Stevenson: What he wrote in his book 11:35 - Why Nobody in the City Noticed the Addiction 13:30 - The Workplace Has Changed: Could you get away with it now? 15:30 - The Intervention: "They asked if I had AIDS or cancer" 18:00 - Failing Rehab & Doing 80g of Coke Alone in a Hotel Room 20:30 - 3:22 AM Rock Bottom: The Moment of Ultimate Surrender 23:30 - Rebuilding Life: 10 Years Clean and Sober 25:00 - Who is Secretly Struggling? Mentoring the Modern Corporate Elite #CityOfLondon #Citibank #CorporateBurnout #GaryStevenson #CanaryWharf #MentalHealth #AddictionRecovery #FinanceCareer Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cityam