This article is about the derivatives broker. For the racing driver, see Nick Leason.
Nick Leeson
Born
Nicholas William Leeson
(1967-02-25) 25 February 1967 (age 57)
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Education
Parmiter's School
Occupations
CEO of Irish football club Galway United (former)
Derivatives broker (former)
Head Educator at Bizintra (former)
CEO of Bull and Bear Capital (current)
Spouses
Lisa Sims
(m. 1992; div. 1997)
[1]
Leona Tormay
(m. 2003)
Website
nickleeson.com
Nicholas William Leeson[2] (born 25 February 1967) is an English former derivatives trader whose fraudulent, unauthorised and speculative trades resulted in the 1995 collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's second oldest merchant bank. Leeson was convicted of financial crime in a Singapore court and served over four years in Changi Prison.
Between 2005 and 2011, Leeson had senior management roles at League of Ireland club Galway United. After it suffered financial difficulties, he resigned from his position as chief executive officer. He is also active on the keynote and after-dinner speaking circuit, where he advises companies about risk and corporate responsibility. Leeson is currently a corporate firm private investigator in charge of dealing with cases of financial misconduct. He resides in Galway as of 2023.[3]
^"Leeson to have cancer operation". BBC News. 8 August 1998. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^"Nick Leeson: biography part II". 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
^"Former 'rogue trader' Nick Leeson joins corporate private eye firm". The Guardian. 22 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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