Hector Sants

Hector Sants is a British investment banker. He was appointed the Financial Services Authority chief in July 2007. Sants was educated at Clifton College (Bristol, England) and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Sants is married with three children and lives in Oxford.

Career

Sants started his career at Phillips & Drew, moving to head its Wall Street section in New York at the age of 30. In 1998, he joined Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

He was head of international equities UBS [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980622/ai_n14152774 Who's suing whom | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] and Chief Executive Officer of Europe, Middle East and Africa for the investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB).In 2000, he joined CSFB when the firm merged with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and was a member of CSFB's Executive Board.

He was a member of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel and was previously a Board member of, among other bodies, the Securities and Futures Authority and the London Stock Exchange. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/dec/16/1 Hector Sants: Smooth Christian banker turned watchdog | Business | The Guardian ] ]

References

* [http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,16781,1668511,00.html Article] in "The Guardian" newspaper
* [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/executive_movers/article2072664.ece Article] in "The Times" newspaper
* [http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/about/who/board/sants.shtml Biography] from the FSA