Financial Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) is pleased to announce that Avanthi Weerasinghe, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy (Capital Markets) at UK Finance, has recently joined its Board mentoring programme.
Niki Beattie, Non-Executive Director, Financial Markets Standards Board Limited said:
“I’m delighted Avanthi is taking part in our Board mentoring programme. Her background as a lawyer, together with her experience at the FCA and more recently at UK Finance, gives her a valuable perspective to bring to our discussions.
Avanthi is our fourth candidate on the programme and we hope to help her build on her governance experience and network, while broadening her exposure to the ongoing responsibilities of governing a standards body in global wholesale financial markets. This programme also aims to support the strength of financial markets by helping to build a pipeline of talent for future non-executive positions in the industry.”
Avanthi Weerasinghe, Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy (Capital Markets) at UK Finance, said:
“I’m delighted to have been selected to take part in FMSB’s Board Mentoring programme. I am sure that I will benefit hugely from exposure to the directors who make up the FMSB Limited Board, all of whom have many years of governance experience, as well as extensive experience of working in international financial markets. The work FMSB Members do developing Standards and Statements of Good Practice is hugely valuable to global financial markets and I’m also looking forward to learning more about the wide range of topics they are currently engaged in.”
FMSB’s Board mentoring programme is an initiative designed to develop a pipeline of future board leaders within global wholesale financial markets. Now in its fourth year, the programme offers aspiring individuals working in financial markets the chance to gain one year’s practical experience by observing the FMSB Limited Board and its Committees from the inside and receiving hands-on director training.
Watch a video with Niki talking with previous Board mentoring programme participants, as well as FMSB Limited Board directors, about the value of the programme
FMSB is grateful to Teneo People Advisory who assisted again with process for finding candidates for the programme, which aims to mirror a real Board recruitment process.
Notes to editors
About FMSB:
- Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) is an industry-led, member-funded global standards body for the wholesale financial markets.
- Created out of the Fair and Effective Markets Review (FEMR) in 2015, FMSB brings together its Members from banks, investment institutions, infrastructure and information providers, corporates, pension funds and non-bank liquidity providers, to develop Standards, Statements of Good Practice and Spotlight Reviews that raise standards of behaviour, competence and awareness – to promote the fairness and effectiveness of global wholesale financial markets.
- See details of the full FMSB Limited Board.
For more information:
Laura Conaghan | +44 (0)203 961 6150 | Laura.conaghan@fmsb.com