Jack Wigglesworth is a British businessman, founder and former chairman of LIFFE.
Jack Wigglesworth | |
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| Born | October 9, 1941[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Known for | Founder and former chairman of LIFFE |
| Spouse | Carlota Josefina Páez (m. 1970) |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and education
editWigglesworth, was born in Leeds, United Kingdom and was the son of Jack and Gladys Maud (Haywood) Wigglesworth. Jack Wigglesworth obtained MA from Oxford University in philosophy, politics and economics in 1963.[1]
Career
editWigglesworth held a variety of roles in the City of London, including Economist at Phillips & Drew, Bond broker at W Greenwell & Co and Business Development Director at J.P. Morgan & Co.
He was founder Director of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and a member of the Authorisation Committee and Enforcement Committee at the Securities and Futures Authority (SFA), a UK financial regulator at that time.[citation needed]
In 1982, he was one of the founders and became Chairman of London's Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE).[citation needed]
In 1997, Wigglesworth was appointed chairman of ABN Amro subsidiary ABN AMRO Chicago Futures and remained there until October 1998.[2]
Later life
editWigglesworth was Chairman of London Asia Capital plc, the Emerging Markets investment bank founded by Simon Littlewood that was one of the first foreign private equity investors in China, and director of Gresham College.[3]
In 2006-07 he was Master of the Worshipful Company of World Traders, one of the City of London's 110 livery companies.
References
edit- ^ "Executive Profile* Jack Wigglesworth MA". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ "Jack Wigglesworth Named Chairman of ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation (UK)". Prnewswire.com. 1997-04-24. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "Jack Wigglesworth : Capital Markets & Investment". OMFIF. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-29.