Nick is independent Non-Executive Chair of the Board of The International Stock Exchange Authority Limited, serving as a Non-Executive Director of the Company since October 2021.

Background, Experience and Skills

Nick is also currently Non-Executive Chair of ETS Connect UK, the firm that operates the UK Consolidated Tape for fixed income trading.

Nick has more than 35 years’ experience working in the financial services industry, in professional services and with regulatory and law enforcement bodies. 

Nick was Head of Regulation & Head of Trading Services at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) from 2003 to 2011, where he was responsible for the regulation and oversight of all the LSE’s markets. 

Nick was Head of Department, Markets Policy & International and Senior Markets Adviser at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from 2012 to 2016 . At the FCA Nick was also responsible for leading the FCA’s MiFID II and MAR policy projects and was a member of the FCA’s Policy Steering Committee and Markets Regulatory Committee.

From 2016 until his retirement in May 2023, Nick led Kroll's UK Regulatory Consulting practice.