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Photo by David Cantwell
(www.davidcantwellphotography.com)
Welcome
to the official website of Nick Leeson – the original
Rogue Trader whose unchecked risk-taking caused the biggest
financial
scandal of the 20th century.
The collapse of Barings – personal bank to HM The Queen – in 1995
and Nick Leeson's role in it, is one of the most spectacular debacles in modern
financial history. How could one trader bring down the banking empire that had
funded the Napoleonic Wars?
Curiosity, intrigue and sympathy have been the various reactions to this man's
incredible life story. Following Barings' collapse, Nick Leeson was sentenced
to six and half years in a gang-ridden Singaporean jail, in conditions that defy
belief, while at the same time, his wife left him and he was diagnosed with colon
cancer.
Against all odds, Nick Leeson survived and now fully recovered from cancer, lives
happily in Ireland with second wife Leona and three children. In 2006 Nick was
appointed CEO of Galway United FC. Having stepped down as CEO in January 2011,
Nick Leeson continues to be in-demand around the world for conference and after-dinner
speaking.
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