Bob Wigley is the 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 Lynchi, Wigley worked with Morgan Grenfell.
Wigley was educated at Exeter School and the University of Bath. Exeter School is a selective independent Co-educational day school for children between the ages of 7 and 18 located in Exeter, Devon, England The University of Bath is a Campus university located in Bath, England. [2] He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.