Nick Cook

Director of Innovation, Financial Conduct Authority

Biography

Nick is the first Director of the newly created Innovation division at the FCA. Nick is accountable for leading the FCA’s RegTech initiatives, its data and analytics strategy, machine learning endeavours, and Innovate activities (including regulatory sandbox, Global Financial Innovation Network, Green FinTech challenge, and direct support). Nick represents the FCA on the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) Financial Innovation Standing Committee and is an advisor to the RegTech for Regulators Accelerator Programme (R2A). Nick joined the Financial Services Authority (the FCA’s predecessor) in 2009, initially in its Enforcement and Market Oversight Division.

Sessions

Regulatory Sandbox Summit

Description

Many jurisdictions are running or introducing a regulatory sandbox program. As fintech is global by its nature, it is necessary that international regulatory regimes are also agile in updating themselves. This panel will look at how interoperability is secured as regulatory sandboxes increasingly seek global cooperation.