About SFE
Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) is the independent organisation, formed in 1986, that supports and represents the interests of Scotland’s financial services industry. SFE’s member companies encompass all sectors of the industry including banks and building societies; general insurance, life assurance and pensions; investment management; asset servicing; corporate finance and broking services; professional advisors and support services. In total, SFE members account for over 70 per cent of the 108,000 people directly employed within Scotland’s financial services industry.
Our mission is to meet our members’ needs by working to: tackle the priority issues that threaten the industry’s health; create the environment which best enables financial services companies in Scotland to thrive and grow; and promote awareness of Scotland’s financial services industry and its contribution to the economy.
The key focus of our work is:
- Lobbying for improvements to the business environment that Scotland provides for the financial services industry.
- Influencing government, regulators and other policy-makers, mainly in Scotland, Westminster and Brussels, by facilitating engagement between them and our members.
- Promoting greater awareness, understanding and support of Scotland’s financial services industry, particularly among politicians and the media.
SFE is a company limited by guarantee. Our agenda is determined by our member companies and overseen by our board of directors. Each of the main sectors of the financial services industry in Scotland are represented on the SFE board.
Scottish Financial Enterprise Board of Directors
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Senior Managing Director, State Street Corporation (SFE Chairman) |
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Owen Kelly |
Chief Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise |
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Gordon Arthur |
Director, Roundtable Consultants |
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Hywel Ball |
Senior Partner, Ernst & Young LLP |
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John Gill |
Managing Director, Customer Service, Standard Life Assurance Limited
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Adrian Grace |
Managing Director, Commercial Business Corporate, Bank of Scotland |
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Paul Hally |
Partner, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP |
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Anne Richards |
Chief Investment Officer, Aberdeen Asset Management plc |
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David Shearer |
Director, |
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Colin Stewart |
Managing Director (Scotland), Citi |
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SFE works closely with the main public sector organisations and other bodies that have an interest in the financial services industry. In Scotland we work with the Scottish Executive and the other partners involved in delivering the Strategy for the Financial Services Industry in Scotland, as a member of the Scottish Executive’s Financial Services Advisory Board and Financial Services Implementation Group.
