Although the financial markets are still in a process of recovery, there's no doubt that the dark days of September 2008 are behind us. And we asked you who you thought was responsible for pulling us back from the brink.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is the man our readers believe was mainly responsible for saving us from financial Armageddon, on the basis that his model to take equity in troubled UK banks was later adopted by governments around the world. US lawmakers and current US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner come way down the list.

Here's the full results of our poll:

1. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown - 23.8%

2. Former US Treasury Sec Hank Paulson - 20.1%

3. President Obama - 17.9%

4. Wall Street CEOs - 11.9%

5. Chairman of the Fed Ben Bernanke - 8.9%

6. China - 8.5%

7. Former US President George W Bush - 4.2%

8. US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner - 1.3%

9. US lawmakers - 0.9%

10. The Bank of England - 0.8%

The Rest - 1.7%

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