David Jackman



David is the author of the FSA's Training and Competence rules and was part of the management team that set up the FSA. Previously he was in charge of T&C, internal training and consumer education at IMRO and had related roles at SFA and the Securities and Investment Institute. David started his career in banking.

The first CEO of the Skills Council for Financial Services (FSSC), David chairs the British Standard's Committee for Financial Services and is closely involved with the continuing development of T&C, especially in the institutional sector. As first 'Business Ethics Adviser' for FSA David pioneered principles-based regulation and Treating Customers Fairly (TCF). He joined Compliance.co.uk Group in October 2006 to steer the development of services particularly focussing on business principles and ethics. This is intended to contribute towards a new 'quality mark' for compliance oprations.

David acts as Academic Consultant to the ICA and regularly teaches on the compliance programmes.