Helping to steer the FSA through the current financial crisis presents many challenges and, when it comes to the criticism it attracts, some frustrations. Alex Aldridge talks to Andrew Whittaker, the regulator’s general counsel
“It has been an extremely hectic past year,” reflects the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA’s) general counsel (GC) Andrew Whittaker as he pours himself a glass of water in the meeting room at the FSA’s huge Canary Wharf HQ, home to its 2,000 London-based staff. “During September and October we had an enormous number of issues to deal with.”
