The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed four directors to lead key areas of its supervision division, with Nick Poyntz-Wright as director of long-term savings and pensions unit, which includes oversight of wealth management services and investment intermediaries.
Former Skandia CEO Poyntz-Wrigh is joined by Karina McTeague as director of retail banking; Linda Woodall as director of mortgages & consumer lending; and William Amos as director of wholesale banking and investment management.
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Wrigh has been an acting director in this role since April 2013, with the permanent position taking immediate effect. He will be repoting to FCA director of supervision Clive Adamson.
Poyntz-Wright joined the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as head of life insurance in September 2011.
All four of the new directors will report to Clive Adamson and McTeague, who joins from Lloyds Banking Group, representing the only new hire for the regulator.
The FCA said the appointments complete the senior structure in supervision, and are the final step in implementing a new structure for the division.
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By GlobalDataAdamson said the new hires "bring a wealth of industry and regulatory experience and will strengthen the leadership of the organisation".
"These appointments also provide more management depth to help us take forward the FCA’s agenda in the diverse sectors that they will lead," he added.
