Nicholas M. Adams

Bioquell Ltd. engages in the design, manufacture, and supply of bio-decontamination and containment equipment. It focuses on protecting work from biological contaminants by providing solutions that eliminate problematic bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores. The company was founded on June 2, 1925 and is headquartered in Andover, the United Kingdom.

The Barings group collapsed in February 1995 as a direct result of unauthorised trading conducted on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange by Nick Leeson, the general manager of Barings Futures (Singapore) Ltd (BFS). The frauds were perpetrated through an account numbered 88888 and resulted in losses amounting to £791 million. The Barings group had funded these losses, in ignorance of the real use to which the funds were being put. It was BFS' inability to repay its debts to the other group companies that brought down the group.