The FSA has appointed four new members to the Financial Services Consumer Panel.
Robert Skinner, Stephen Locke and Adam Phillips will join the panel from 1 March 2004, said the FSA, while Nicolas Lord will join on 1 January 2005.
In addition, two existing members of the panel have had their terms extended, Paul Salvidge for three years from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006, and Vinod Kumar from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2005.
The FSA said Dianne Hayter has been appointed vice-chairman of the panel succeeding Ann Foster who took over as panel chairman in November 2003.
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