Nick joined the Board of The International Stock Exchange Authority Limited in October 2021 as an independent Non-Executive Director. He is also Chair of the Risk Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Background, Experience and Skills

Nick has more than 30 years’ experience working in the financial services industry, in professional services and with regulatory and law enforcement bodies. 

In 2016, Nick joined Kroll's (previously Duff & Phelps) Financial Services Compliance and Regulation practice and led its UK Regulatory Consulting practice until his retirement in May 2023. Prior to joining Kroll, Nick was Head of Department, Markets Policy & International Division at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). He was The FCA’s Senior Markets Adviser and was responsible for leading the FCA’s policy projects in respect of MiFID II and MAR. He was also a member of the Policy Steering Committee and Markets Regulatory Committee, providing independent challenge to FCA supervisory assessments of firms and acted as a Settlement Decision Maker on FCA enforcement cases.

Before joining the FCA, Nick was Head of Regulation & Head of Trading Services at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) where he had overall responsibility for the regulation and oversight of all the LSE’s markets.