London School of EconomicsSU | Alternative Investments Conference2008
SIR ANDREW LARGE is chairman of MW TOPS Ltd, a quoted hedge fund which invests in funds managed by Marshall Wace. He is also Chairman of the Board Risk Committee of Axis, Bermuda and a senior adviser to Oliver Wyman.
Andrew Large’s career has covered a wide range of senior positions in the world of finance, both within the private and public sectors. A former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 2002-2006 and Chairman of the precursor of the FSA, the Securities and Investments Board from 1992-1997, Andrew also served as deputy chairman of Barclays from 1998-2002 and on the management board of Swiss Bank Corporation from 1987-1989.
During his period at Barclays up until 2000, Andrew was also Chairman of Euroclear in Brussels, the global capital market’s leading international clearing and settlement entity. He also served on the Managing Director of the IMF’s Capital Markets Consultative Group between 1999-2002 and chaired a global study for the Group of 30 into the functioning of financial infrastructure in clearing and settlement.
In the earlier part of his career, Andrew spent twenty years in investment banking, first with Orion Bank and then with Swiss Bank Corporation. He was the first non-Swiss to be appointed to the executive board of a major Swiss bank, taking responsibility from 1987-89 for the worldwide investment banking activities of SBC
Andrew has a keen interest in education and is currently on the Board of INSEAD, Warden (Chairman) of Winchester College, and a Governor of Christ College, Brecon.
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