Sarah Pritchard

Deputy Chief Executive
Financial Conduct Authority

Sarah has been the FCA’s Deputy Chief Executive since June 2025. The new role has been created to reflect the FCA’s expanding remit. As Deputy Chief Executive, Sarah will also support the FCA’s increasingly international focus, given it’s role supporting UK growth and competitiveness.

Sarah joined the FCA in June 2021 to jointly lead the supervision, Policy and Competition division. Sarah has most recently been responsible for Consumers & Competition, having previously led the FCA’s Market function. Sarah also has Executive responsibility for the FCA’s International work & personally spearheaded recent G20/Financial Stability Board work on leverage in non-bank financial institutions.

Sarah is the Executive Director Sponsor for the FCA’s Edinburgh Office.

Prior to joining the FCA, Sarah was a Director of the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), a multi – agency partnership housed in National Crime Agency, created in late 2018 to deliver UK system leadership on Economic crime.

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