FSSC makes Liz Field permanent CEO

Laura Miller
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The Financial Services and Skills Council (FSSC) has appointed Liz Field permanent chief executive.

Field has been interim chief executive since October, but has been given the role permanently after the Council was required to recruit for the position following the renewal of its licence in March. Prior to her role at the FSSC, Field was chief executive of the Council's predecessor organisations, latterly the National Training Organisation. She was previously head of organisational development at Gerrard, leading the incorporation of the business into Barclays Wealth. She has also managed her own consultancy business helping financial services firms  implement change programmes, an...

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