Zac Bharucha graduated with a degree in Economics and Econometrics from Exeter University, UK and completed a Masters degree in Finance and Investment in 1986 with distinction. Zac began work at Kleinwort Benson Investment Bank in July of that year. After twenty-five years he took a break to write two novels and Bamboo Trading. Zac lives in the Vienna woods, Austria with his wife and four children. He researches extreme events and plays electric blues guitar for recreation.