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

Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...

, 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.

Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Wigley worked with Morgan Grenfell.

Wigley was educated at Exeter School

Exeter School

Exeter School is a selective independent co-educational day school for pupils between the ages of 7 and 18 located in Exeter, Devon, England. In 2010 there were around 180 pupils in the Junior School and 670 in the Senior School...

 and the University of Bath

University of Bath

The University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966....

. 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.