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Thursday 18 June 2026 9:42 am  |  Updated:  Thursday 18 June 2026 9:43 am

City trader: ‘My coke dealer came to the Canary Wharf office every day at 9am’

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A former star City trader has opened up about a devastating cocaine addiction that devoured hundreds of thousands of pounds – and nearly killed him.

Kent Bray talks to CityAM Editor Christian May about his high-flying career at Citibank and his rock-bottom drug addiction.

In a remarkably candid interview Bray, who mentored YouTube activist Gary Stevenson at the bank, explains how he concealed a crippling £600,000 a year drug habit from colleagues and friends; his near-death experience; recovery; sobriety and his new life as a counsellor and coach.

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