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Kate O’Neill
Director of Stakeholder Engagement
& Corporate Affairs
Appointed April 2021
Role
Kate leads the Stakeholder Engagement
and Corporate Affairs function with
responsibility for delivering a coordinated
international engagement programme
for all stakeholders ecosystem across
the whole of the FRC’s remit. She is also
responsible for marketing and brand,
employee and change communications,
media relations, digital communications
and public affairs.
Experience
Previously, Kate was the Head of
Corporate Development at Jupiter Asset
Management where she was responsible
for corporate strategy, investor relations
and communications. She was the
Managing Director of Investor Relations
at Lloyds Banking Group during the
financial crisis before becoming a Partner
at Brunswick and then at Maitland, advising
global clients on capital markets and
communications issues. After qualifying
as a lawyer, Kate spent most of her career
in the financial services sector in the UK,
Europe and Australasia in senior leadership
roles in distribution and alternative assets
at AMP Asset Management, Henderson
Global Investors and RBS Asset
Management.
Alex Kuczynski
General Counsel and Executive
Director of Corporate Services
Appointed September 2020
Role
Alex is Executive Director of the Corporate
Services Division and General Counsel.
The Division comprises the General
Counsel’s Team, Finance (also including
risk, procurement, and facilities), Human
Resources, Information Technology, and
Economics, Strategy & Analytics. The role
is oversees the professional and support
services for the FRC. Its effectiveness is
critical to the transformation programme
to the new regulator.
Experience
Alex joined the FRC in September
2020, prior to which he was the Chief
Corporate Affairs Officer, and an Executive
Board Director, at the Financial Services
Compensation Scheme. (FSCS). As a lawyer,
Alex was firstly head of legal at FSCS, but
in various roles over 20 years worked on
a wide range of financial services issues,
particularly those concerned with actual
or potential consumer detriment, across
investment business, insurance and
banking, and often collaborating closely
with Government, regulators and
industry stakeholders.