The Trader

The real life story of a colonial boy who became an international trader, arms merchant and intelligence agent

by Bill Pellew-Harvey

A truly extraordinary and intimate personal memoire of an equally extraordinary man. A story that carries the reader from a childhood in colonial Africa to the inside of the arms trade encompassing the glitter of Monte Carlo and the oligarchs of modern day Russia.
A gripping account of a trader who has grasped every opportunity that has come his way – from frozen potatoes to mineral water, armaments to airlines, UN representative to intelligence agent – to name but a few.
The author’s life story moves the reader seamlessly from continent to continent across almost 65 years encompassing his participation in some of the most extraordinary military, social and political events of that time span.

Bill Pellew-Harvey

Bill Pellew-Harvey was born in Norfolk and moved with his parents to Kenya at the outbreak of the Mau Mau Rebellion.
Aged 21 he moved to London to join a well known City trading house and four years later was to set up his own trading company.
A series of events saw his business base take in many parts of the world including Thailand, Libya, Egypt, Iraq, California, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Turkey, Italy and Hong Kong.
His trading activities included food, armaments and security equipment, televisions, large infrastructures, airlines and much important work for various government agencies. This is a story like no other and also reveals his work as an intelligence agent.
Wrongly vilified by the media at the time of the Iraq war this is the story behind those headlines and many others.
Domiciled in Hong Kong, Bill continues his aircraft trading activities with his focus on Asia.

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