Chartered Insurance Institute CEO Alan Vallance is to leave the organisation about three months earlier than planned.

Mark FitzPatrick, the new CEO of national wealth manager St James’s Place, has started work today in his new role after the company received regulatory approval for the appointment.

Dame Anne Richards, CEO of Fidelity International, is to step down from the role after five years with the company to become vice chair.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the government back financial safety-net scheme, has appointed a new interim CEO today but says a new permanent CEO will not be appointed until after April.