Fifteen years ago, Kobi Rahman arrived in London with just enough money for a roof over his head and a Ford Fiesta he couldn’t afford to run. A self-funded history graduate from the Midlands – he was the first person in his family to go to university – he’d landed a role in wealth management at a financial advisory firm.
“Those first two years were a baptism of fire,” he says. “I sat at tables with no idea why there were two forks and knives. I was a fish out of water. I survived because I had supportive managers from the start.”
