Two ways to spot dodgy directors

Not all company directors are honest. And the crooked ones go to great lengths to hide their crimes deep in the accounts. So it pays to be vigilant. Here, Bengt Saelensminde explains two things to watch for when reading a company's accounts.

As I write this, all eyes are on Ireland. Another weekend and another patch-up.

I have long-since suspected that we've not seen the end of this financial crisis. Businesses are failing week in, week out; and behind the scenes company executives and directors are scrambling to patch up their businesses too.

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Bengt graduated from Reading University in 1994 and followed up with a master's degree in business economics.

 

He started stock market investing at the age of 13, and this eventually led to a job in the City of London in 1995. He started on a bond desk at Cantor Fitzgerald and ended up running a desk at stockbroker's Cazenove.

 

Bengt left the City in 2000 to start up his own import and beauty products business which he still runs today.