Three point one million spread over thirty-eight months is roughly one and a quarter per cent of spend, in a category — professional services and facilities — that is naturally lumpy and that nobody trends.

Nobody noticed because the number was small enough not to be noticed, and it was small enough not to be noticed because the man setting it was the man who knew exactly how big that was.

Part Eighteen: Corinne Lasseter

Somebody approved those invoices, and her name is Corinne Lasseter, and she is the person in this account I have found it hardest to be fair to and the one I have worked hardest at.

She was Vance Global’s vice president of finance.