Peter Stormonth Darling

Peter Stormonth Darling was chairman of Mercury Asset Management from 1979 to 1992. Before that, he fought as an infantry officer in the Korean War, studied law at Oxford and emigrated to Canada, where he joined a small financial business in Toronto which had been set up by Siegmund Warburg, founder of Warburgs, the merchant bank. After six years in Canada, he returned to the UK to join Warburgs, where he later became vice-chairman. He lives in London and is an investment consultant, sitting on...See more

Peter Stormonth Darling was chairman of Mercury Asset Management from 1979 to 1992. Before that, he fought as an infantry officer in the Korean War, studied law at Oxford and emigrated to Canada, where he joined a small financial business in Toronto which had been set up by Siegmund Warburg, founder of Warburgs, the merchant bank. After six years in Canada, he returned to the UK to join Warburgs, where he later became vice-chairman. He lives in London and is an investment consultant, sitting on a number of boards and committees in England, Scotland, the United States and Canada, including the investment committee of the United Nations pension fund. See less