Scott’s: with Crispin Odey, founder, Odey Asset Management

As we settle at our table outside Scott’s, Crispin Odey points across the road and laughs. A slate grey Ferrari FF has pulled up beside the Mount Street Gallery, driven by a former Formula One motor racing champion. Mayfair is perhaps not the best place to gain a true perspective on the condition of the global economy, he says. For Odey, however, the truth is very different. His investment radar, regardless of location, has stayed remarkably well tuned and by sticking to his principles he may even be in danger of becoming fashionable.