Robert (Bob) Wigley

Biography

Professor Wigley, was appointed Adjunct Professor at The University of Queensland in the School of Economics on 1 July 2020. Since 2017 Prof Wigley has been Chair of UK Finance, after spending his banking career with Morgan Grenfell and Merrill Lynch and was EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch between 2003 and 2009. Between 2006 and 2009 he was a member of the Court of the Bank of England.

He is a member of the Takeover Panel and a past member of the FSA’s Senior Practitioners Panel and was the FSA’s nominated representative on the Council of European Securities Regulators Market Consultation Panel. He led a group of industry chairmen and chief executives to author a report on the competitiveness of London as a global financial centre “London, Winning in the Decade Ahead” and chaired the Green Investment Bank Commission.

Since leaving banking, he has chaired and invested in a number of fintech companies. He was instrumental in the creation of TheCityUK and has been on its advisory board since its formation.