Nick Leeson

Nicholas William "Nick" Leeson (born 25 February 1967) is a former derivatives broker whose fraudulent, unauthorised speculative trading caused the spectacular collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest merchant bank, for which he was sentenced to prison. Since leaving prison in 1999 he became, and subsequently resigned as, the CEO of Irish football club Galway United, and is active on the keynote and after-dinner speaking circuit where he advises companies about risk and corporate responsibility.