It was with some trepidation, therefore, that he attended an early screening of the German's modern-day interpretation of Poseidon starring Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Richard Dreyfuss.
Among the other 104 Barclays employees whose requests for anonymity in the case were rejected in the High Court by Mr Justice Julian Flaux were finance director Chris Lucas, the investment banking head Richard Ricci, and the former head of regulatory compliance Stephen Morse.