David Geale

David is Director of Policy at the Financial Conduct Authority. He is responsible for policy development across a wide range of areas including Investments, Pensions, Banking & Lending, Insurance, Asset Management, Prudential and other cross-cutting areas. David has worked in regulation at the FCA (and its predecessor the FSA) for more than 14 years, spanning a number of different roles in both Policy and Supervision.

Prior to his current position, he was Head of Savings, Investment and Distribution Policy. During his time at the FCA, he has been involved in leading and delivering a number of large scale initiatives including the Retail Distribution Review and more recently the development of the Senior Managers and Certification regime. He has also recently overseen the launch of the organisation’s Innovation Hub and, in March 2016, was appointed Chair of the OECD Task Force on Financial Advice and mortgages.

Prior to joining the regulator, he worked in the financial services industry for 10 years gaining experience in banking, financial advice and mortgages.