John Bowe (financier)
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John Bowe, former Head of Capital Markets at Anglo Irish Bank, born c. 1963.
Background[edit]
A native of County Laois, Bowe was Director of Capital Markets of Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC (known as Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited). Other positions he held include NOL Group's businesses and operations in the US, Canada and Latin America, and President of Americas of NOL Group of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.
Bowe became a number of former members of Anglo Irish Bank who were at the centre of a controversy in June 2013, concerning recorded comments they made some years previously in matters during the run-up to Ireland's economic crisis. His comments included:
If they saw the enormity of it up front, they might decide they have a choice. You know what I mean? "They might say the cost to the taxpayer is too high...if it doesn't look too big at the outset...if it doesn't look big, big enough to be important, but not too big that it kind of spoils everything, then, then I think you can have a chance.
In 2013, upon the release of the recordings, Bowe categorically denied misleading the Irish government in the lead-up to the bailout:
In a statement, Mr. Bowe said:
I categorically deny the allegation that I, at any time, misled the Central Bank or was aware of any strategy to do so. There were extensive discussions with the Central Bank particularly in or around the time period of September 2008. The phone call on 18 September 2008 was three days after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, and therefore took place during a period of severe and unprecedented market dislocation.
Conviction[edit]
In June 2016 he was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud and sentenced to two years in prison the following month.[1][2] In the same trial, Denis Casey was sentenced to two years and nine months and Willie McAteer was sentenced to three and a half years.[1][2] The fraud consisted of Anglo Irish Bank lending €7.2bn to Irish Life and Permanent, which placed the same sum back with Anglo Irish Bank, where it was accounted for on an end of year balance sheet as customer deposits instead of an inter-bank loan.[1]
The trial lasted 89 days and was the longest trial in the history of the state at that time.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Campbell, John (29 July 2016). "Anglo Irish Bank: Former executives jailed over fraud". BBC News. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Three former bank executives sentenced over €7.2bn conspiracy". RTE News. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
External links[edit]
- "Peter Fitzgerald & John Bowe (Anglo Irish Tapes) Screwing The Irish Government and The Irish People - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "John Bowe: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "John Bowe showed remarkable foresight on the state of the financial system - Independent.ie". independent.ie. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "Anglo executives deny misleading Central Bank - RTÉ News". rte.ie. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "Anglo Irish Bank's John Bowe and Peter Fitzgerald Defend Secret Phone Call Contents". ibtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "Anglo tapes 'should be handed over to the Gardaí'". thejournal.ie. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "Foul-mouthed bankers prompt inquiry into Anglo Irish bailout - The Times". thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "Anglo Tapes: John Bowe's Arse To Be Mined For Additional Funds - The Potato". thepotato.ie. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "'Stick two fingers up at Britain and Germany' joked Anglo Irish Bank boss - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- "Here's how the world has covered the Anglo Tapes - News - MSN Ireland". news.ie.msn.com. Retrieved 31 May 2014.[permanent dead link]