The Deputy Chief Executive of Which? has been appointed to a key role with The Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Helen Parker has been added to the FSCS board. She has held a number of roles with the consumer body and was previously its assistant chief executive, and director of policy. Her experience includes being a non-executive director of the Fundraising Standards Board.

There were three new board appointments in total. Steven Cooper and Patrick Neville will also join the FSCS Board on 1 July 2017.

Mr Cooper is currently chief executive of Barclaycard Business Solutions, managing the payments division at Barclays where he forged his executive career. Prior to this, he was the chief executive at Personal Banking, where he was responsible for all aspects of Retail Banking across U.K. and Europe. Mr Cooper sits on a number of advisory boards, including Teach First, an education charity, and the leadership team for Business in the Community’s Age at Work Campaign.

Patrick Neville is currently a non-executive director of Decisioning Blueprints Ltd, and has had an extensive career in financial services, including roles as chief financial officer at Aviva Investors and as finance director of the Cards and Direct Finance Business at Royal Bank of Scotland. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young.
They replace Liz Barclay, Jayne Nickalls, David Weymouth and Paul Stockton who, having completed two terms of office, are stepping down during the year.

Lawrence Churchill, FSCS Chairman, said: “We’re delighted to have three such strong people joining the Board of the Scheme. They bring a wealth of experience in financial services and in consumer protection, which are essential requirements for FSCS to fulfill its mandate as the UK’s compensation scheme for the financial services industry.”