Sir david scholey biography

S. G. Warburg & Co.

Former British investment bank (1946–1995)

S. G. Warburg & Co. was a London-based investment bank. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The firm was acquired by the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1995 and ultimately became a part of UBS.

History

Founding and early history

This bank was founded in 1946 by Siegmund Warburg, Erich Körner and Henry Grunfeld.[1] Siegmund was a member of the Warburg family, a prominent German-Jewish banking family. Erich Körner became an authorized signatory of Bank Winter & Co. AG in Vienna, Austria in 1921.[2] Henry Grunfeld was a former industrialist in the German steel industry, and was also Jewish.[3] Warburg and Grunfeld fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s.[3]

S. G. Warburg and Co. was recognised for its pioneering mergers and takeover work in the UK in the 1960s. These works included the first ever hostile takeover in the UK and the first-ever Eurobond issue, which fostered the new Eurodollar market

Biographies

David Scholey

David Scholey

Name:
David Scholey

Born:
June 28, 1935

Joined AGB:
1974

Primary Dept/Div:
Executive

Primary Office:
London, New York

David G. Scholey was born in 1935. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford. He pursued a popular music career until about 1964 when he joined S.G.

[]Warburg. He was made a managing director two years later. He developed a variety of clients for Warburg and was made deputy chairman in 1977 at the age of 42. Early on, Warburg and Paribas had developed their collaboration in Europe and America, and in 1974, became joint investors in Becker with the establishment of the Becker Warburg Paribas Group and its three primary subsidiaries. Scholey subsequently became Co-Chairman of the Group. The Chronicle traces the role of Warburg and Paribas in the Becker Group’s development leading the sale by Warburg of its interest in Becker to Paribas in 1983.

With Sir Siegmund Warburg’s death in 1982, Scholey became Chairman of SGW and in 1978 was knighted. In 1977, under Scholey’s leadershi

In our latest collaboration with the Keyboard Trust (UK), we are thrilled to present the brilliant young Malaysian pianist Magdalene Ho. For her concert in the Library she will play Bach, Brahms and Schumann.

Sometimes words are superfluous !
Magdalene Ho making her Florentine debut last night.
From Bach of surprising beauty and eloquence to the intimate whispered confessions of Brahms and finally the sublime poetic outpourings of eternal love of Schumann.Even the pianistic fireworks of Saint Saens were tempered by a soul of exquisite finesse and noble style .
‘The real thing’ exclaimed Jed Distler just a week ago as he awarded her the coveted Chappell Gold Medal at the RCM

Hats off …The Chappell Gold Medal has uncovered a genius


She will be covered in medals and awards but the greatest gift of all is to be endowed with a musical genius that will enrich all our lives for years to come .

Magdalene Ho – the genial ‘Clara Haskil’ winner at 19 takes Leighton House by storm

The Bach D major Toccata was played with superb clarity and character .The noble openi

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