Christopher Woolard will be stepping down from the FCA Board and any executive “or decision-making” roles from the start of October.

Financial Planning firm Old Mill have taken on 17 new starters in one week, including nine graduates and school leavers.

Newly-merged Financial Planner and wealth manager Tilney Smith & Williamson has appointed the former chief digital and information officer at the Department of Work & Pensions (DWP), Mayank Prakash, as chief technology officer.

Hargreaves Lansdown research director Mark Dampier has retired from the fund platform giant.