Barings Bank

This is a beta version of NNDB

Barings Bank

COMPANY

Collapsed 1995 after Nick Leeson engaged in $1.4B in unauthorized trades.

Industry:
Banking

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
London, England

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John P. Birkelund Business 23-Jun-1930 Chairman of Dillon Read, 1986-98

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Nick Leeson Business 25-Feb-1967 Caused collapse of Baring's Bank

EMPLOYMENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Gordon D. McCallum Business c. 1960 Virgin Management, Ltd.

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

NNDB MAPPER

Hugh Jackman

Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.

Bibliographies

NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. They may be accessed by the "Bibliography" tab at the top of most pages, or via the "Related Topics" box in the sidebar. Please feel free to suggest books that might be critical omissions.