Francis Charig
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Francis Charig is the British
Chief Executive Officer
and founder of Antix Labs and is also a board director of Baillie Gifford
Shin Nippon plc, a Japan-focussed investment trust. He was educated at Whitgift School
in Croydon
and subsequently at the University of Exeter
where he read Political Science
. He was Head of the Trading Systems Business Unit at the London Stock Exchange
, co-founder, Chairman & CEO of Tao Group, Chairman of the Open Contents Platform Association in Tokyo
and was a World Economic Forum
Technology Pioneer in 2006. His father was the palaeontologist Alan J. Charig
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
and founder of Antix Labs and is also a board director of Baillie Gifford
Baillie Gifford
Baillie Gifford is an investment management firm which is wholly owned by 36 partners, all of whom work full time for the firm. It was founded in Edinburgh in 1908 and still has its headquarters in the city...
Shin Nippon plc, a Japan-focussed investment trust. He was educated at Whitgift School
Whitgift School
Whitgift School is an independent day school educating approximately 1,400 boys aged 10 to 18 in South Croydon, London in a parkland site.- History and grounds :...
in Croydon
Croydon
Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
and subsequently at the University of Exeter
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....
where he read Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
. He was Head of the Trading Systems Business Unit at the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
, co-founder, Chairman & CEO of Tao Group, Chairman of the Open Contents Platform Association in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and was a World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
Technology Pioneer in 2006. His father was the palaeontologist Alan J. Charig
Alan J. Charig
Alan Jack Charig was an English palaeontologist and writer who popularised his subject on television and in books at the start of the wave of interest in dinosaurs in the 1970s....
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