Francis Charig

Education

He was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon and subsequently at the University of Exeter where he read Political Science.

Career

In January 2008 he was a passenger on British Airways Flight 38 that crashed at Heathrow but he escaped unharmed. His father was the late palaeontologist Alan J. Charig.

Achievements

• He was Head of the Trading Systems Business Unit at the London Stock Exchange, co-founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Tao Group, Chief Executive Officer of Antix Labs, Chairman of the Open Contents Platform Association in Tokyo.