DWP names chief executive of single financial guidance body

Ixion Holdings' John Govett

James Phillips
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John Govett has been appointed chief executive of the single financial guidance body (SFGB), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced today.

Currently group chief executive at not-for-profit skills and employer group Ixion Holdings, among other roles, Govett will take on the new position permanently from October, although between now and then he will attend a number of meetings during the SFGB's set-up phase. He joins former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Sir Hector Sants who was named chairman of the SFGB at the end of May. The SFGB is expected to be established in October, and then officially launched in January 2019, and will bring together the free advice and guidance services of The Pensions Adviso...

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