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Five things we learned about New FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi

Writing for the Financial Services Faculty, commissioning editor Brian Cantwell covers five areas the new head of the FCA wants to focus on.

The new head of the FCA, Nikhil Rathi, faced an introductory review in front of a Treasury Select Committee in July, giving his first public interview since his appointment. 

Rathi replaces Andrew Bailey, now governor of the Bank of England, in the role, which was covered in the interim by Chris Woolard, widely acknowledged as a consumer focused regulator, and who will return to the role of competition and policy director, and MPs were keen to press him issues like competition, consumer protections and his own background.