WEBVTT - Preview: Amanda Staveley on Her 'Ballsy' Barclays Rescue Plan

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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone. Next week on Leaders with me Francin Laqua,

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<v Speaker 1>we have Amanda Staveley. She's founder and chief executive of

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<v Speaker 1>investment and advisory firm PCP Capital Partners and former co

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<v Speaker 1>owner of Newcastle United football club. She joined me in

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<v Speaker 1>the studio to talk about building a career, earning the

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<v Speaker 1>trust of golf investors, spotting massive opportunities and taking them

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<v Speaker 1>on without a team, also where she wants to invest next.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a bit of our conversation where Staveley talks about

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<v Speaker 1>the deal that really cemented her reputation as one of

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<v Speaker 1>Britain's best known deal makers. So Barclay, as you say,

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<v Speaker 1>there's this big opportunity you see, you know the markets

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<v Speaker 1>are going haywire market funding and you think I can

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<v Speaker 1>step in.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, which was really that was ballsy. That was ballsy,

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<v Speaker 2>that was brave. But when you're thirty four, you've got

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<v Speaker 2>a lot less to lose. I was very convinced about

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<v Speaker 2>my business plan. I absolutely knew that Barclays would go

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<v Speaker 2>and look for an external bailout. I knew they did.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone told you or we noticed.

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<v Speaker 2>That Cutar were already pretty much at their limit to

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<v Speaker 2>what they could invest in the bank without a full takeover.

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<v Speaker 2>So we thought we might be the only game in town.

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<v Speaker 2>But we hadn't raised the money. So we had we'd

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<v Speaker 2>spoken to His Highness obviously shaped mantle and they were

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<v Speaker 2>brilliant and IPIC were really backing. But we were also

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<v Speaker 2>spoken speaking to the Q eights for Saudi China CIC,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were raising this three and a half billion

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<v Speaker 2>in about three weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Again with a small team. It was me, That's why,

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<v Speaker 1>this is why it's quite extraordinary.

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<v Speaker 2>No, well, I'm very numerous, so I still when I

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<v Speaker 2>went to do my Barclay's dudiligence had steep take my

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<v Speaker 2>triforms and I used to do all my own models,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have my Bloomberg terminal, So you know, that

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<v Speaker 2>was a good idea, and that was all I had

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<v Speaker 2>at this point.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you competing with big investment banks? So is there

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<v Speaker 1>a UBS trying to find a deal.

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<v Speaker 2>I presume you think about it, yes, but I just focused.

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<v Speaker 2>I also knew the market very very well. I knew

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<v Speaker 2>that I could raise the money, but I couldn't convince

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<v Speaker 2>anyone else on that. I mean I didn't sleep for

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<v Speaker 2>four or five days. I'm literally on phone calls raising money,

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<v Speaker 2>writing my notes, my business plan.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a portion of my upcoming conversation with Amanda Stalley.

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