New FCA Panel chairs announced

The FCA Practitioner Panels are independent statutory bodies that represent the interests of the financial services industry within the UK’s regulatory framework. Panel members are recruited to represent sectors and the industry as a whole, rather than individual firms.

The appointments, which come into effect from 1st April 2015, are:

FCA Practitioner Panel – Alison Brittain, Group Director of Retail, Lloyds Banking Group

FCA Markets Practitioner Panel – Robert Mass, Head of International Compliance and global head of Securities Division Compliance, Goldman Sachs

FCA Smaller Business Practitioner Panel – Clinton Askew, Director, Citywide Financial Partners

Each appointment is for a term of two years.

Alison Brittain, Robert Mass and Clinton Askew will succeed Graham Beale, Paul Swann and Andrew Turberville Smith respectively.

Welcoming the appointments, FCA Chairman John Griffith-Jones said:

“These appointments ensure that once again the Practitioner Panels will have experienced and respected voices making the case from the industry’s perspective. The current regulatory framework depends on the Panels being able to play their part and I am sure that the new Chairs will continue the excellent work of their predecessors.

“I would like to thank Graham, Paul and Andrew for their contributions over the last two years which oversaw the establishment of the FCA.”