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Podcast: Following the Rules
Episode: Former FCA chair Charles Randell on the highs and lows of running the regulator and why he’s focusing now on calling for a government-led strategy to tackle financial exclusion
Description: Today’s guest discusses his tenure as chair of the UK finance regulator the Financial Conduct Authority including his highs and lows in the role, and his advice for those now running the watchdog. He also outlines what unfinished business he had on leaving the FCA, and in doing so explains why “the time is now” for UK policymakers to do more to stamp out financial exclusion in the country.
Charles Randell spent 24 years as partner in the corporate finance practice at law firm Slaughter and May and was the lead external lawyer for the government during the gl...