Peter Wilmot-Sitwell | |
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Born | Peter Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell 28 March 1935 |
Died | 19 June 2018 | (aged 83)
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Occupation | Merchant banker & stockbroker |
Title | Chairman, S. G. Warburg & Co. |
Board member of | S. G. Warburg |
Spouse | Clare Veronica Cobbold |
Children | 3, including Alex Wilmot-Sitwell |
Peter Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell (28 March 1935 – 19 June 2018) was a British merchant banker and stockbroker. He is credited with inventing the "dawn raid" which enabled companies to build up a stake in a takeover target before the target had the chance to react. He was described by the Financial Times as a "gentleman banker", and one of the last of "an almost extinct breed" from the pre-Big Bang era.[1]