David Burton
David is chairman of Ludgate Investments and Ludgate 181. He has enjoyed an extensive
City career initially as chief dealer with Bank of America and subsequently as
a director and head of sterling treasury at SG Warburg. He was chairman of the
London International Financial Futures & Options Exchange (LIFFE). and co-ordinated
the merger between LIFFE and the London Traded Options Market (LTOM). In 1992
he was awarded the CBE for services to the City of London. Following this he became
chairman and chief executive of Marshalls Finance, a leading international money
and foreign exchange broker, where he engineered a successful merger with the
Prebon Group in 1998.