The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Will Self as chair of its Smaller Business Practitioner Panel. He will take up his role from 1 September.
Self will lead the independent panel in providing advice and representing the interests of smaller regulated firms.
Welcoming the appointment, FCA chair Ashley Alder commented: ‘The Smaller Business Practitioner Panel plays a vital role in ensuring that the views of smaller firms are taken into account in our work.
“Their views will be particularly helpful as we advance the focus in our new five-year strategy on proportionality, clarity, reducing unnecessary burdens, and support for smaller firms to explore new technologies and innovate.”
Self has been a member of the Smaller Business Practitioner Panel since 2020, and deputy chair since 2022, representing the pensions and retirement savings sector.
Prior to becoming InvestAcc Group chief executive in June 2023, he was the Curtis Banks chief executive and before that Suffolk Life chief executive.
