Leeson, Nick, 1967-

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Name (Latin)
Leeson, Nick, 1967-
Other forms of name
Leeson, Nicholas William
Date of birth
1967-02-25
Place of birth
Watford (England)
Associated country
Great Britain
Ireland
Singapore
Field of activity
Derivative securities After-dinner speeches Social responsibility of business Financial risk
Associate group
Barings Bank
Occupation
Investment bankers Lecturers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 24709989
Wikidata: Q463502
Library of congress: n 95096165
Sources of Information
  • Talk risk, 1995:CIP t.p. (Nick Leeson) data sheet (Leeson, Nicholas William)
  • Rogue trader, 1996 :t.p. (Nick Leeson)
  • Back from the brink : coping with stress, 2005 :t.p. (Nick Leeson)
  • Don't panic : understanding personal debt, 2013 :t.p. (Nick Leeson) p. 22 (born into a working class family in Watford)
  • Wikipedia, 3 October 2013 :(Nicholas "Nick" William Leeson (born 25 February 1967) is a former derivatives broker whose fraudulent, unauthorized speculative trading caused the spectacular collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank, for which he was sent to prison. Since leaving prison in 1999 he became, and subsequently resigned as, the CEO of Irish football club Galway United and is active on the keynote / after-dinner speaking circuit where he advises companies about risk and corporate responsibility; lives in Barna, County Galway)