Nick Leeson

He rose from the position of bank clerk to General Manager (June 1992 to February 1995) of Barings Futures Singapore. About his chosen career, Nick said, "I was told I could either work Foreign Exchange...or in the Futures and Options Division...I opted for Futures and Options, thereby sealing my own future."

Lisa Leeson

Nick’s wife. Of his wife, Nick wrote, "she knew nothing. Not even the first thing. Not even the first tiny, tiny error of £20,000 that...Kim had made back in 1992, starting it all off" (Leeson and Whitley 1996, 7)

Peter Baring

Peter Baring was the Chairman of Barings Bank.

Peter Norris

Peter Norris was the CEO of Barings Securities Limited in London.

Simon Jones

Simon Jones was Regional Operations Manager of Barings South Asia, the Chief Operating Officer of Barings Securities Singapore and Director of Barings Futures Singapore. He was Nick’s immediate supervisor until the beginning of 1994.

Ron Baker

Ron Baker was Head of the Barings Financial Products Group in London. Nick said of Baker, who became Nick’s direct boss at the beginning of 1994: “In due course Baker began to be excited by the size of the profits I was reporting, and he took direct responsibility for me.” (Leeson and Whitley 1996,65).

Brenda Granger

Brenda Granger was in the Settlements Department in London. Nick directly made requests for cash to her, and she transferred funds on a daily basis to Singapore to meet SIMEX margin payments.

Ash Lewis

Ash Lewis was the internal auditor from Barings Bank in London who never did get to do the audit of the Singapore operation.

Kim Wong

Kim Wong was a novice trader that Nick recruited. According to Nick: “I couldn’t work it out: there was one slip – a sale note for twenty contracts – and I couldn’t see the balancing purchase…I looked at the initials on the slip: it was Kim Wong.”