Bragg to depart FSC
Financial Services Council (FSC) Director of Policy, Andrew Bragg, will depart the organisation at the end of November to work in the public policy arena.
Bragg's departure was confirmed today be FSC chief executive, Sally Loane who noted that he had been a member of the organisation's policy team since 2009 and had been appointed Director of Policy in 2014.
Loane said Bragg had been passionate about good public policy and had helped deliver many positive outcomes as well as being instrumental in initiating the Trowbridge review into the life insurance industry and pushing for a competitive landscape for financial services.
She said a search for Bragg's replacement would be announced shortly.
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