Financial Services Advisory Board

The Financial Services Advisory Board is a body set up by the Scottish Executive
==Role==
Early actions set out by the Financial Services strategy which the Advisory Board will help to oversee include:
* examining new air routes from Scotland to key financial services locations
* working with mobile phone operators and transport bodies to eliminate 'gaps' in coverage between Edinburgh and Glasgow
* examining ways of improving rail links between Edinburgh and Glasgow
* feeding in the needs of the industry to the Executive's Fresh Talent initiative
* enhancing work underway on financial education
* building better labour market knowledge
* boosting capability within the supply network Financial Services Advisory Board Scottish Executive News Release, 24/10/2005
 
==Members==
Membership of the new Financial Services Advisory Board in 2005 was:
*Jack McConnell First Minister
*Nicol Stephen Deputy First Minister
*John Campbell - State Street (Deputy Chair)
*Sandy Boyle - Amicus
*Graeme Dickson - Scottish Executive
*Ian Ferguson - Norwich Union
*Mike Jones - Lloyds TSB Scotland
*Jim McFarlane - Scottish Enterprise
*Ben Thomson - Noble Group
*Otto Thoresen - Aegon
*Martin Togneri, Scottish Development International
*David Wallace - formerly Abbey
*Margaret Wallace - Morgan Stanley
*Willie Watt - Martin Currie
*HM Treasury observer
===Membership 2006===
*The Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP, First Minister of Scotland – FiSAB Chair 
*Nicol Stephen MSP, Deputy First Minister of Scotland 
*John Campbell – Chairman, Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) and Managing Director, State Street Corporation – FiSAB Industry Deputy Chair 
*Graeme Dickson – Head of Enterprise & Industrial Affairs Group, Scottish Executive 
*Ian Ferguson – Director of Underwriting (Commercial), Norwich Union 
*David Fleming – National Officer, Amicus 
*Martin Gilbert – Chief Executive, Aberdeen Asset Management 
*Trevor Matthews – Chief Executive Life and Pensions UK & Europe, Standard Life 
*Jack Perry – Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise 
*Lisa Stephenson – Director, Lloyds TSB Scotland 
*Ben Thomson – Chief Executive, Noble Group 
*Otto Thoresen – Chief Executive, Aegon UK 
*Margaret Wallace – Executive Director, Morgan Stanley 
*Willie Watt – Chief Executive, Martin CurrieFSAB Press release 15th May 2006 Members Last Accessed May 31st 2007
===Membership September 2007===
First Minister | Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth | Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism | John Campbell, Deputy Industry Chair - Scottish Financial Enterprise Chairman and Senior Managing Director, State Street | Ian Ferguson - Director of Underwriting, Norwich Union | Martin Gilbert - Chief Executive, Aberdeen Asset Management | Colin Matthew - Chief Executive, Strategy and International Operations Division, HBOS plc | Trevor Matthews - Chief Executive, Standard Life Assurance Ltd | Lisa Stephenson - Lloyds TSB Scotland | Ben Thomson - Chairman, Noble Group limited | Otto Thoresen - Chief Executive, AEGON UK | Margaret Wallace - Managing Director, Morgan Stanley | Willie Watt - Chief Executive, Martin Currie Investment Ltd | David Fleming - Unite | Graeme Dickson - Director, Enterprise, Energy and Transport, Scottish Government | Jack Perry - Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise | HM Treasury observerScottish Government Financial Services Advisory Board News > News Releases > 2007 > September > finance, 03/09/2007
==Notes==
Category:Scottish Government