In this insightful discussion, Daniel Sheard, a former asset manager, reveals the high stakes of blowing the whistle on risky investments linked to Greensill, detailing the fallout from regulatory negligence. George Patelis, ex-CEO of Tayuda, shares his harrowing experience of personal and professional ruin after exposing financial irregularities. Martin Arnold, financial regulation expert, contextualizes their struggles within the UK’s inadequate whistleblower system, highlighting the contrast with the more supportive US framework and calling for significant reforms.