The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has expanded its international footprint with new appointments in the US and Australia, aiming to boost financial services exports and regulatory cooperation globally.
In the US, Tash Miah began her new role in April at the British Embassy in Washington, DC. She will work with the Department for Business and Trade to advance UK-US financial services policy and regulatory cooperation, as well as support financial firms in the US seeking to navigate UK regulation.
In the Asia Pacific region, Camille Blackburn will establish a new regional office from July 2025, based in Australia, as the FCA’s director – Asia-Pacific. Her role will focus on helping financial services firms enter the UK market or raise capital, and assisting UK firms looking to expand into the APAC region.
The appointments align with the FCA’s broader commitment to growth, with improving exports and inward investment highlighted as a key priority in its letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Camille Blackburn has been the FCA’s director of wholesale buyside since 2022, overseeing supervision, policy and market analysis for asset management and related services. She brings 25 years of experience in financial services regulation, having previously served as global chief compliance officer for several major financial firms in the UK and Asia Pacific. Her regulatory career also includes senior roles at the Central Bank of Ireland, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Treasury.
Tash Miah joined the FCA in 2022, working in the international division where she covered non-bank financial intermediation and led the Financial Stability Engagement Group. Prior to her regulatory career, Miah worked at Morgan Stanley in London in sales and trading, covering hedge fund clients, and spent time in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2019.
Sarah Pritchard, executive director, supervision, policy, competition and international, commented: “The UK is a global hub for financial services. We are committed to continuing to build our global network and international reputation. These appointments will help us deliver on our mission to support growth through the export of UK financial services and attract more inward investment to our shores. We recognise that major international investors want easier access to us, and having a presence in these key regions will help achieve that.”
