David A. Burton

Mr. Burton is chairman of Ludgate Investments and Ludgate 181.
He has enjoyed an extensive City career initially as chief dealer with the 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 Prebon Group in 1998.