Newly appointed financial secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith has also been appointed city minister by PM Liz Truss, and is set to deliver the government’s long-awaited post-Brexit financial services reforms.
The former Sky finance chief and Rothschild investment banker will lead on reforms making their way through parliament in the Financial Services Bill, and on oversight of the FCA and PRA, changes to Solvency II and the City's competitiveness post-Brexit. He succeeds John Glen, who held the role for four years. Commenting on his appointment on Twitter, Griffith said: "I look forward to working with the financial sector across the whole of the UK to deliver the government's agenda of economic growth and higher investment." Griffith became Boris Johnson's business envoy and was selected ...
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