Nigel Wicks
Sir Nigel Wicks Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 1985–1988 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Robin Butler |
Succeeded by | Andrew Turnbull |
Personal details | |
Born | Nigel Leonard Wicks 16 June 1940 |
Children | 3 |
Education | GCB (1999) |
Sir Nigel Leonard Wicks GCB CVO CBE (born 16 June 1940) is a British financier and former senior British civil servant. He also served as Chairman of Euroclear.[1][2]
Career
Educated originally at
After 10 years at BP, Wicks joined
In 1985, Wicks took up his position as
After retirement, Wicks moved into finance; he served as Chairman of CRESTCo for a year from 2001 until it merged with Euroclear, where he was Deputy chairman 2002–2006 and since then as chairman. Wicks also served as a non-executive director of Morgan Stanley for three years from 2004, and of the Edinburgh Investment Trust since 2005.[1][4]
In public appointments, Wicks was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life from 2001–2004, as Chair of the panel appointing the initial members of the then-new Judicial Appointments Commission in 2005, and since 2007 has been Commissioner of the Jersey Financial Services Commission.[1][3]
In October 2012, Wicks was appointed chairman of the British Bankers' Association.
Personal life
As well as his
Wicks was appointed a
References
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- ^ "Our man in Brussels faces two ways". The Independent. 19 November 1996. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Sir Nigel Wicks". Eurofi.net. Retrieved 24 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Speaker Biography – Sir Nigel Wicks". 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ HM Treasury (April 2002). "Annual Report, 2001/02" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "No. 55354". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1979. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 51578". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1988. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 52767". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1991. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 55354". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1998. p. 3.