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Ex-FCA boss Woolard: ‘It’s fanciful to think there’ll be radical post-Brexit reforms’

Five years on from the Brexit vote, the Financial Conduct Authority’s former caretaker boss outlines how the City can best capitalise on Brexit

Chris Woolard emerged from his seven-month stint leading the UK’s markets watchdog with no regrets and plenty of opinions
Chris Woolard emerged from his seven-month stint leading the UK’s markets watchdog with no regrets and plenty of opinions Photo: Danilo Agutoli

Chris Woolard emerged from his seven-month stint leading the UK’s markets watchdog with no regrets and plenty of opinions. 

The former interim chief executive officer of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority told Financial News, in his first interview since stepping down from the role, that he was “proud” that the watchdog didn’t “drop the ball” under his leadership through the frenetic first months of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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