An Audience With

Bob Wigley: What I like about Boris Johnson

The europhile chair of UK Finance is now trying to help ‘make a success’ of Brexit – even though the Prime Minister hardly ever replies to his messages

Wednesday 19 January 2022 at 00:01

Bob Wigley says the City has plenty to be upbeat about
Bob Wigley says the City has plenty to be upbeat about Photo: Danilo Agutoli for FN

When 19-year-old Bob Wigley wrote a letter to the former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, it helped the now 60-year-old City veteran to pursue a career in banking. 

The chair of UK Finance doesn’t find the current incumbent of Number 10 as amenable.