The FSA has appointed Sir Christopher Kelly KCB as the new chairman of the board of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
Kelly has been a member of the FOS Board since 2002. He is currently chairman of the NSPCC, a board member of National Consumer Council and formerly he was permanent secretary at the Department of Health.
The FSA also announced the appointment of five non-executive members to the Board of the FOS. They are:
Roger Sanders OBE: currently the principal of an Independent Financial Adviser and Employee Benefits Consultancy and former joint chairman of the FSA small business practitioner panel.
Richard Hampton: currently a senior manager in HSBC's Group Insurance and a director of HSBC Reinsurance (Ireland) Ltd.
Caroline Banks: currently a member of various panels including the Association of Energy Suppliers Code Panel, the Civil Service Appeal Board and a director of the Consumer Policy Institute.
Julian Lee: has been running his own crisis and change management consultancy since 2002. He is also a magistrate with the North Sussex Bench.
David Crowther: retired as head of Global Risk Management from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 2004.
Ed Hucks, Roger Jefferies, and Kate Lampard have been reappointed to the board.
Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
