More change at the top for the Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Jeannette Lichner and Bernadette Conroy as its two new non-executive directors.
Bernadette Conroy
Lichner has a background in international financial services and has held senior leadership roles in several major financial organisations, including at HSBC between 1994 and 2006. She currently serves as a non-executive director at Miller Insurance Services.
Conroy has senior manager and non-executive experience in organisations in both the public and private sectors. Her current roles include being chair of Network Homes and a non-executive director for Community Health Partnerships.
They are due to take up their positions on beginning on 1 April 2020 and 1 August 2020 respectively.
Lichner and Conroy join the FCA Board as Amelia Fletcher and Catherine Bradley step down, following the end of their terms. Fletcher will also step down as a non-executive director of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).
Jeannette Lichner
Charles Randell, chair of the FCA, says that both Lichner and Conroy have “extensive combined experience both in financial services and a range of public service organisations.”
The FCA also recently announced the appointment of Christopher Woolard as its interim chief executive.
Woolard steps into the role while the regulator searches for a successor to former chief executive Andrew Bailey, who is to become the next governor of the Bank of England.
