FCA appoints chairs to statutory panels

Three-year terms

Ayesha Venkataraman
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Helen Charlton and Andy Mielczarek to chair its statutory panels.

Charlton will be chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel, and Mielczarek the chair of the FCA smaller business practitioner panel, succeeding Wanda Goldwag and Marlene Shiels respectively. Their new roles will last for three years, beginning on 1 June 2022. The statutory panels were set up to make and maintain effective arrangements for consulting consumers and practitioners on the extent to which the FCA's general policies and practices are consistent with its general duties, it said. Previously, Charlton worked as a solicitor at the start of her career, and also served as ...

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