Bob Wigley is the former senior vice president and chairman of Merrill Lynch EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa).
He has held a number of management positions at Merrill Lynch, serving from 2003 to 2004 as chairman of EMEA Corporate Banking, global co-head of Telecom and Media Investment Banking in 2002, co-head of U.K. Investment Banking in 2001 and co-head of Corporate Broking in 2000. He was credited to have closed a number of Merrill Lynch's most significant European banking transactions and subsequently helped build a successful European franchise.[1]
Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Wigley worked with Morgan Grenfell.
Wigley was educated at Exeter School and the University of Bath.[2] In 2008 the University of Bath awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.