Aidan is a financial services professional with over 13 years’ experience and is currently a Manager in the Financial Conduct Authority’s Asset Management Department. He joined the regulator in January 2012 and over the past seven plus years, Aidan has overseen the supervision of some of the UK’s largest asset management firms as well as managing several cross-firm projects. Until recently, he has also been helping devise the FCA’s proactive supervisory strategy for the asset management sector with a particular focus on effective governance and oversight. Aidan has an MSc in Finance and Economic Development from Glasgow and an MA in Economics from Dundee. Prior to joining the regulator, he spent over 5 years working for a US multinational investment bank. Aidan is father to two young children and his 28 year-old brother, Michael, has Down’s Syndrome.