Bill Winters was the name on the lips of everybody in European financial markets circles in 2009 for a variety of reasons, and certainly few senior bankers can lay claim to having experienced such a changeable year.

Back in 2009, Winters was London-based co-chief executive of investment banking at JP Morgan and was a key figure in the bank's highly-successful corporate broking joint venture with Cazenove. He was also credited with helping the bank steer clear of many of the problems that had beset rivals during the credit crisis.