Seven months on from the collapse of Greensill Capital, founder Lex Greensill remains holed up at home in England trying to pay back creditors while GFG Alliance boss Sanjeev Gupta has been partying on the Greek island of Mykonos.

Parts of Mr Gupta’s global metals empire have crumbled since his financing tap with the supply chain finance group was switched off suddenly, with the group trying to offload solar farm and battery businesses in Australia and steel mills in France and the UK.