Robert (Bob) Wigley, OStJ, BSc, HonDBA, FCA, CCMI, is Chairman of UK Finance, a Non Executive Director of R3 LLC and Lightico Ltd, an Executive Member of Seraphim Space Enterprise LLP and is an investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is an Honorary Professor of King's College London in the Digital Futures Institute. He is author of a book about the effects of technology on Gen Z, Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted generation. He is a non-executive director of the Qatar Financial Centre. He was a Founding Global Britain Commissioner during its life, is a member of the Trade Advisory Group for Financial Services at the Department for International Trade and a member of the UK's Economic Crime Strategic Board at the Home Office, co-chaired by the Home Secretary and Chancellor. He is a member of the UK's Economic Security Public Private Forum Chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Business and Trade.
Wigley was educated at Exeter School on a local authority grant.
He is Vice-Patron of the RMA - the Royal Marines Charity,[1] supporter and adviser to St John Ambulance's development team, and is a corporate board member of Cancer Research UK. He sits on the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, on the Leadership Council of TheCityUK and on the advisory boards of Cap10 Partners LLP, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Remora Ltd, Vidrate Ltd and VML Technologies Ltd. He is a visiting fellow of Oxford University's Said Business School, and an honorary fellow of Cambridge University's Judge Business School. He is an ambassador for Nevill Holt Opera. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and has a business degree and an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath. He is also co-proprietor of Margot Restaurant in Covent Garden. He is an officer of the Order of St. John. He is a Past Master and member of the Court Emeritus of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers. He is a Liveryman and Freeman of the City of London.