Sheldon Mills

Sheldon Millsis the executive director, consumers and competition at the Financial Conduct Authority. He had previously been a senior director at the Competition and Markets Authority. He chairs the board of trustees of Stonewall.

Career

He worked initially at the legal firms King & Wood Mallesons and Jones Day specialising in antitrust and competition law. He then joined the Competition and Markets Authority as senior director for mergers, and later in designing and implementing the new UK State Aid regime.

Mills moved to the Financial Conduct Authority in November 2018 as director of competition with responsibilities around competition in the financial industry and anti-competitive behaviour. He supported development of open banking systems for companies to share information about customers to provide more access to financial advice with the objective of increasing competition and innovation. He became interim executive director of strategy and competition and a member of the agency's executive committee in March 2020 In December 2020 he became the executive director, consumers and competition.