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A former Goldman Sachs banker who splashed thousands from his marital joint account, secretly treating his “expensive” mistress, has been stripped of £4m after losing a divorce battle with his superrich ex-wife.

Ardal Loh-Gronager married “enormously wealthy” businesswoman and heiress Wei-Lyn Loh in 2019, after quitting work to support her and oversee the refurbishment of their mansion in Avenue Road, Primrose Hill, London – one of the UK's most expensive streets, where houses can sell for more than £20m.

The couple split in 2023 – following the revelation that he had conducted “an expensively financed relationship...parallel to his marriage” during which he paid cash to his mistress from his and Ms Loh's joint account, often disguised as payments for “flowers”, and even let her use his £200,000 Bentley, which had been a romantic pre-marriage gift to him from his wife.

Mr Loh-Gronager, 35, had been set to receive a £6,449,802 payout after the brea

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