Dear Bunt Family and Friends, I was so saddened to hear the news of Ardell’s passing and so sorry for your loss. I worked with Ardell for 15 years at Barclays. He was a great colleague and friend. In the years following his departure from Barclays anytime we would speak or communicate it was if we saw each other the previous day. Those relationships are special in life where you know there is a bond and friendship that doesn’t change due to distance or time past.  We were together in New York during 911. Another reason why our bond was close. Later that day he leant me a clean set of clothes. I needed to cuff the pant legs and he was a bit bothered that they fit me otherwise…. we had a good laugh. We also worked together on a project in Miami and together as colleagues where he would refer to me as “Cowboy”. Not to many cowboys grow up in Brooklyn, doesn’t matter, I was happy with the reference from my friend.  I miss Ardell. I will join others in honoring his memory. My sincere condolences and God’s peace to his Loved ones in his passing.  Sincerely, Glenn …

I had the great pleasure of being PA to Ardell at Barclays, while his long term PA Jo was on maternity leave. He was simply the nicest, funniest, and most down to earth senior manager you could ever hope to work with. He had a huge, fun personality that lit up any room, we had a great many laughs, most of them very childish, which was always such a great antidote to a stuffy, very hierarchical corporate environment! Ardell didn’t take life too seriously, and I remember how excited he was planning his family trip to South America and the Galapagos with his beautiful girls and wife. I met his wonderful daughter Lydia, when I took her to and from her work experience in Canary Wharf, and she was such a credit to him. He was clearly such a family man, everything he did was for his girls and his wife. I remember the pride in his eyes when he told me about Lydia’s incredible GCSE results. And when he spoke about any of his daughters, that’s when he looked his happiest. He would always speak about taking them to their various after school clubs, and he revelled in …