EuroWeek just bestowed its 2010 award for most impressive sovereign funding official to this man:

That’s Robert Stheeman of the UK Debt Management Office. And as the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column notes, the man helped Britain smoothly sell a whopping £185bn of gilts last year.

But, before we get too enthusiastic about the prospect of UK government bonds, it’s worth remembering who last year’s winner was:

Yes that’s Spyros Papanicolaou, of the ex-head of Greece’s Public Debt Management agency.

And a man who’s hit more headlines than he probably would have wished to this year.

(H/T Immobilienblasen)

Related link:
Robert Stheeman: the gatekeeper of UK debt - The Telegraph

This entry was posted by Tracy Alloway on Monday, May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 and is filed under Capital markets, People. Tagged with Debt management office, gilts, government bonds, Greece, Sovereign debt, UK. Edit this entry.