The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has appointed two new non-executive members of the Board of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
Former chief executive of insurer Ecclesiastical and deputy chairman of the Association of British Insurers (ABI, Bernard Day, OBE joins the board. He is also a chartered insurer and director of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund.
The other member is Tim Vogel, a forensic accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is also founder of the Chamber of Experts (January 2001), and has experience in forensic accountancy and insolvency at Lovell Blake, KPMG, Howard Clark Whitehill, Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young.
Chair of the FSCS Nigel Hamilton said: "I am delighted to welcome these new members to the Board. I am sure they will make an extremely valuable contribution in helping us to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.
"I would like to express my thanks to Kit Jebens, who retired as a member of the board in February 2002."
