What was the name of the bank that rogue trader Nick Leeson worked for?
Rogue Trader (book) Rogue Trader (book) Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World is a book by Nick Leeson, who served four years in prison for fraud after bankrupting the London-based Barings Bank in 1995 by hiding $1.4 billion in debt he accumulated as a derivatives trader in Singapore. The book was released on February 19, 1996 by Little, Brown & Company. The book was made into a 1999 feature film of the same name. Following an interview with Nick Leeson in prison, Sir David Frost realized the potential for a movie and optioned the rights to
Nick Leeson United F.C. in April 2005, rising to the position of general manager in late November 2005. By July 2007 he had become the club's CEO but in February 2011, Leeson resigned his position. He still deals in the stock markets, but only with his own money. In June 2005, Leeson released a new book, "Back from the Brink: Coping with Stress". It picks up his story where "Rogue Trader" left off, including in-depth conversations with psychologist Ivan Tyrrell asserting that the prolonged periods of severe stress that affected Leeson's mental and physical health have parallels in many other people's lives.