Your regulator of financial advice

It has added three directors to new roles in the strategic leadership" cohort":

• Michael Hewes - director – deposit taking, insurance and advice
• John Horner - director – markets, investors and reporting
• Peter Taylor – director specialist supervision and response.

Hewes and Horner report to Clare Bolingford, executive director, regulatory delivery, while Taylor reports toPaul Gregory, executive director, regulatory response and enforcement.

Two of these appointments are internal promotions. Hewes has been with the FMA for seven years, while Horner joined the regulator in October 2020.

Taylor has an extensive regulatory and legal background, having worked at a senior executive level in financial services and competition and economic regulation in New Zealand and overseas.