Roger Aitken

It’s perhaps ironic that with Iceland having one of the lowest murder rates in the world, the local population is lapping up crime fiction by Icelandic and foreign novelists in the murder mystery genre. You just have to compare homicides in Reykjavik to Caracas. In fact the murder rate in Iceland is twenty times lower than the world average according to the ‘Homicide Map’ from Brazilian think tank Igarapé.
 

A contributor to International eXcellence and freelance journalist has been honoured at the 2015 State Street Institutional Press Awards, which recognise “outstanding performance” in institutional financial services reporting.
Roger Aitken, a former FT journalist who has written for International eXcellence on topics including luxury brands, classic cars in Turin’s Parco Valentino and Czech medical tourism, scooped the journalist of the year award in the ‘Regulatory Issues’ category at this year’s awards held at Momo’s restaurant in London on 11 November.

As venues go one would be hard pressed to beat the surroundings of the 5-star May Fair Hotel in the heart of London’s West End just a stones throw from Bond Street and Piccadilly. This historic 406-room hotel located on Stratton Street was first opened in 1927 by King George V and Queen Mary in attendance. A plaque in the foyer records the event.
 

Why Invest in Germany? To make money of course!
 
Last week I attended a Germany Trade & Invest GmbH (GTAI) event at the Victory & Services Club near Marble Arch. GTAI, the foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany, is I confess not a body that I’ve had that much familiarity with prior to meeting their representatives in London. What unfolded was nevertheless interesting and should interest British investors considering ploughing capital into Germany - especially the tech sector in Eastern Germany.
 

Marking the first time in the history of the House of Rémy Martin’s for departing and new Cellar Masters to visit the UK side by side, a group of selected guests and members of the press were invited to 34 restaurant in London’s Mayfair this June to bid farewell to Pierrette Trichet, renowned former Cellar Master, and to celebrate the appointment of 33-year old Baptiste Loiseau, the House’s new Cellar Master.