FCA MAKES SENIOR APPOINTMENTS TO DRIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made senior appointments as part of its transformation programme to build a data-led regulator. In December, the FCA announced plans to restructure and combine its supervisory functions. It has now made four further appointments to the FCA’s executive team: Stephanie Cohen has been appointed chief operating officer; Jessica Rusu will join the FCA’s as its first chief data, information and intelligence officer; Sarah Pritchard will become executive director of Markets; and Emily Shepperd will take up the newly created role of executive director, authorisations. The announcement followed the appointed in December of Sheldon Mills as the new executive director, Consumers and Competition, and Siobhán Sheridan as chief people officer.