- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
The Financial Conduct Authority has announced that Martin Wheatley, its chief executive, will leave his post in September 2015. Wheatley was selected in 2013 to shepherd the creation of the U.K. regulator. His resignation was reportedly prompted by news that his contract would not be renewed next year. Director of ...
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