About World First

World First UK Ltd was founded in London in January 2004. A little over a year later the New Zealand office was set up in order to satisfy the increasing number of clients within Australasia who require the services of a foreign exchange broker. It also gives us the ability to monitor the market throughout the working week; day and night. The company has gone from strength to strength by offering private individuals and companies the ability to achieve competitive foreign currency exchange rates and an exceptional service.

The World First group has transacted with over 20,000 individuals and 3,500 companies to date. The foreign exchange turnover of the group in 2009 will be over NZ$4 billion.

There are three main departments within the company; the private client team, the corporate team and the operations team.

Our staff's expertise and efficiency are renowned within the marketplace and the incredibly high levels of customer satisfaction we receive during the feedback process reinforce the World First pledge of a best service guarantee as well as a best exchange rate guarantee.
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Directors:

Jonathan Quin: Jonathan joined Citibank as a foreign exchange trader before moving to their UK, and latterly global corporate sales desk. He then looked after the European sales of Citibank's online trading products before moving to Royal Bank of Scotland as Head of Business Development within the Financial Markets division. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University.

Nick Robinson: Nick joined Citibank on the UK Corporate Foreign Exchange desk and looked after a large client group including many FTSE 100 companies. He then helped establish BFinance in the UK. After this, he joined Credit Agricole Indosuez to launch their UK Corporate foreign exchange and interest rate hedging business. He is a graduate of Reading University

Senior Adviser:

Sir David Clementi: David joined World First as senior adviser in 2006. He is currently chairman of Kings Cross Central and a director of Rio Tinto plc. He was previously chairman of Prudential plc and prior to that Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1997 to 2002. He has also been chief executive of Kleinwort Benson. He is a graduate of Oxford University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Management:

Giles Smallwood: Giles manages the New Zealand office having previously managed the UK private client team. He joined World First in 2005, having previously worked in the fine art markets in London. He was also involved in the set-up of one of the UK's leading online travel retailers. He has a 1st class degree from St Andrews University.