FSA makes Nicoll retail chief

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The Financial Services Authority has appointed Sheila Nicoll as its new director of the retail firms division.

Nicoll, currently deputy chief executive of the Investment Management Association (IMA), is set to take up the post in September. The regulator says Nicoll’s appointment is based on her “extensive” experience in the financial industry. Prior to her role at the IMA she worked as the head of international relations for the London Stock Exchange. FSA chief executive, John Tiner, says: “I am delighted to welcome Sheila to the FSA. "Her experience in working closely with the industry and policymakers, her enthusiasm for making principles-based regulation work, and her communication ski...

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