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'''Financial Conduct Authority''' (FCA) is an independent non-governmental financial services regulator. It is funded by charging the firms they regulate fees to carry out their financial activities.<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about About], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>

They are based in [[Canary Wharf]].

==History==
It was established by the Financial Services Act of 2012, which was legislated after the financial crash, to 'set out a new system for regulating financial services in order to protect and improve the UK's economy.' The act abolished the [[Financial Services Authority]] and split it's responsibilities between two new agencies the [[Prudential Regulation Authority]] and the FCA and the [[Bank of England]].<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [https://www.fca.org.uk/about/history History], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>

==People==
===Board===
*[[John Griffith-Jones]], chairman. Was at [[KPMG]] from 1975 to 2012, notably as CEO of KPMG's UK firm, chairman and senior of KPMG UK and joint chairman of KPMG Europe.<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/griffith-jones John Griffith-Jones], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*[[Andrew Bailey]] deputy governor for [[Prudential Regulation]], CEO of the [[Prudential Regulation Authority]] and a non-executive board member of the FCA.<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/andrew-bailey Andrew Bailey], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*[[Catherine Bradley]], non-executive board member. Has worked at banks [[Societe Generale]], [[Credit Suisse]], [[Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein]], [[BNP Paribas]], [[UBS]] amd [[Merrill Lynch]].<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/catherine-bradley Catherine Bradley], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*[[Amanda Davidson]], non-executive board member. Director of independent financial adviser [[Baigrie Davies]]. Former director of [[Holden Meehan]], [[Chase De Vere]], on a number of committees at the [[FSA]] and deputy chair of the [[Association of Independent Financial Advisers]].<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/amanda-davidson Amanda Davidson], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*[[Amelia Fletcher]], non-executive board member. A professor of competition policy at the [[University of East Anglia]]. Former chief economist at the [[Office of Fair Trading]], economic consultant at [[Frontier Economics]] and [[London Economics]].<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/amelia-fletcher Amelia Fletcher], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*[[Mick McAteer]], non-executive board member. Founder and director of think tank The [[Financial Inclusion Centre]], chairman of the [[European Commission]]'s [[Financial Services User Group]], board member of the [[CARITAS]] advisory board, member of the [[Registry Trust Consumer Panel]] and a member of the [[ESMA Financial Innovation Standing Committee Consultative Working Group]]. Former board member of the [[FSA]], principal policy adviser at [[Which?]] and spent five years at two major fund management firms in London.<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/mick-mcateer Mick McAteer]], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*[[Tracey McDermott]], executive board member and director of supervision – investment, wholesale & specialists. A trained solicitor, McDermott has worked in law firms in the UK, US and Brussels. Was director of the enforcement and financial crime division at the [[FSA]].<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/tracey-mcdermott Tracey McDermott], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*[[Jane Platt]], non-executive board member. Has worked at [[Mercury Asset Management]], [[BZW]], [[Barclays]] Global Investors, Barclays Stockbrokers, Barclays Bank Trust Company and [[Reuters]]. Is currently the chief executive of [[National Savings and Investments]].<ref> Financial Conduct Authority, [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/jane-platt Jane Platt], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*Sir [[Brian Pomeroy]] CBE, non-executive board Member. Pomeroy is the non-executive director of [[QBE Insurance Group]] Ltd, chairman of the government's [[Action Group on Cross-Border Remittances]] and a board member of The [[Social Market Foundation]]. He is a former senior partner of [[Deloitte]] and member of the [[FSA]] board.<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/brian-pomeroy Brian Pomeroy], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
*[[Martin Wheatley]], chief executive. Former CEO of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission, deputy chief executive of the [[London Stock Exchange]] Group plc and a member of the [[FSA]]'s listing authority advisory committee.<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/martin-wheatley Martin Wheatley], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>

==Contact==

:'''Address:''' 25 The North Colonnade,
:[[Canary Wharf]],
:London,
:E14 5HS

:'''Website:''' http://www.fca.org.uk/

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 *Sir [[Brian Pomeroy]] CBE, non-executive board Member. Pomeroy is the non-executive director of [[QBE Insurance Group]] Ltd, chairman of the government's [[Action Group on Cross-Border Remittances]] and a board member of The [[Social Market Foundation]]. He is a former senior partner of [[Deloitte]] and member of the [[FSA]] board.<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/brian-pomeroy Brian Pomeroy], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
 *[[Martin Wheatley]], chief executive. Former CEO of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission, deputy chief executive of the [[London Stock Exchange]] Group plc and a member of the [[FSA]]'s listing authority advisory committee.<ref> Financial Conduct Authority [http://www.fca.org.uk/about/structure/board/martin-wheatley Martin Wheatley], accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
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