FCA in search for head of Project Innovate

Will oversee advice unit

Tom Ellis
clock • 1 min read

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun taking in applications for a new head of Project Innovate role.

The successful candidate will oversee the FCA's robo-advice focused advice unit and regulatory sandbox, as well as developing policy around financial services innovation.  The regulator embarked on a new phase with its technology flagship scheme Project Innovate earlier this week by expanding its advice unit to cover firms providing financial guidance. It also going to start accepting firms within the mortgage, general insurance and debt sectors to the advice unit and is due to take in a second cohort of 31 firms into its regulatory sandbox. The FCA's job advert, published on its w...

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