About World First

World First is the UK's fastest growing foreign exchange broker, offering private individuals and companies the ability to achieve significantly better foreign currency exchange rates and exceptional service.

Based in London, World First has worked with over 17,000 private clients and 3,500 companies to date. World First's foreign exchange transaction volume was over $1 billion last year (2007).

There are three main departments within the company; the private client team, the corporate team and the operations team.

Our staff's expertise and efficiency are renowned within the marketplace and the incredibly high levels of customer satisfaction we receive during the feedback process reinforce the World First pledge of a best service guarantee as well as a best exchange rate guarantee.
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Directors:

Jonathan Quin: Jonathan joined Citibank as a foreign exchange trader before moving to their UK, and latterly global corporate sales desk. He then looked after the European sales of Citibank's online trading products before moving to Royal Bank of Scotland as Head of Business Development within the Financial Markets division. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University.

Nick Robinson: Nick joined Citibank on the UK Corporate Foreign Exchange desk and looked after a large client group including many FTSE 100 companies. He then helped establish BFinance in the UK. After this, he joined Credit Agricole Indosuez to launch their UK Corporate foreign exchange and interest rate hedging business. He is a graduate of Reading University

Senior Adviser:

Sir David Clementi: David joined World First as senior advisor in 2006. He is currently chairman of Prudential plc and a director of Rio Tinto plc. He was previously Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1997 to 2002 and prior to that chief executive of Kleinwort Benson. He is a graduate of Oxford University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Management:

Jabu Henson: Jabu is Chief Operating Officer. He joined World First in 2004, having had a diverse range of experience at various companies. He is a fully qualified commercial airline pilot, and holds a BSc in Financial Economics from the University of London, and is currently doing an MBA with Cass Business School.

Alex Sullivan: Alex heads up the quickly growing Corporate team. Started just two years ago with two people and one phone, the team now consists of 20 dealers, salespeople and a middle office. Alex joined World First in 2005 having previously worked for two other foreign exchange brokerages. Alex is FSA qualified to deal in foreign exchange derivatives.

Elisabeth Dobson: Elisabeth manages the private client desk which consists of private client dealers, compliance and middle office personnel. She joined World First in 2006, having previously worked at Saatchi & Saatchi, London. Elisabeth speaks German and Spanish and has lived in both countries. She has a German and Business degree from the University of London.

Chris Birts: Chris manages the Corporate Partnerships and Affiliate desk which consist of a business development team and client relationship managers. He joined World First in 2007, having previously worked in private client stockbroking.

Giles Smallwood: Giles manages the New Zealand office having previously managed the UK private client team. He joined World First in 2005, having previously worked in the fine art markets in London. He was also involved in the set-up of one of the UK's leading online travel retailers. He has a 1st class degree from St Andrews University.

Sara Cass (nee Seegobin): Sara manages the Operations Department. She joined World First in 2006, having previously worked in the Building Products and Geotechnical Engineering industries. She has a BSc in Geology from Imperial College London, and is currently studying for a Modern Languages degree with the Open University.

Jessica Giles: Jessica is Finance Manager and looks after the Accounts and Reconciliations Department. She joined World First in 2006. She has a finance honours degree from the University of Cape Town.

Millie Robinson: Millie manages the HR Department. She joined World First in 2006 having previously worked for the charity Merlin and The Talent Business (formerly Kendall Tarrant). She is a graduate of Newcastle University.

Marc Bertrand: Marc is the Compliance Operations Manager and looks after overall compliance and Anti Money Laundering regulation. He joined World First in 2007 having previously worked with Discovery Health in South Africa and The Listening Company in the UK.

Wendy Casterton: Wendy is Communications Manager and looks after all marketing, PR and advertising activities. She joined World First in 2007 having previously worked in professional services and for a membership body. She is a graduate of Hull University, member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Chartered Marketer.