Aquis Exchange chief executive officer and founder Alasdair Haynes has become the latest industry participant to be appointed to the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Markets Practitioner Panel.
The panel is aimed at being a “critical friend” to the FCA in a bid to ensure the watchdog’s policies “maintain and advance” London’s position as an international financial centre.
The main topics of focus of the panel include the major macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape, the future regulatory regime, FCA transformation, crypto assets, ESG, diversity and inclusion and private markets.
Haynes joins participants from across the major sectors of the UK wholesale and securities markets on the panel. Hailing from Latham & Watkins, Amundi UK, the London Stock Exchange, Peel Hunt, Citi, and Boards of the Capeview Azri Funds.
Morgan Stanley’s head of EMEA and chief executive Clare Woodman heads up the panel as chair.
“The Panel is an independent statutory body, set up to provide advice and challenge from the point of view of financial market participants, and in order to provide input to the FCA to help it in meeting its strategic and operational objectives,” Aquis Exchange said in a statement on social media.
“Panel members are senior level industry representatives from the UK’s wholesale and securities markets and are formally appointed by the FCA Board. With his 47 years’ experience of financial markets along with his strong desire to innovate capital markets and the exchange industry, we have no doubt that Alasdair will be a valuable contributor to the panel. Congratulations Alasdair!”