There is no typical day for the first shipping Lord Mayor of the City of London for 40 years — beyond it being incredibly varied and hectic.

Jeffrey Evans, who has worked his entire career as a shipbroker with Clarksons and inherited the title Lord Mountevans nearly two years ago, says: “They vary tremendously, and probably 100 days are overseas. I have been to 26 countries, plus 12 cities, in my regional [UK] visits, so a lot of the time is on the road.”

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