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The Financial Ombudsman Service is an ombudsman in the United Kingdom.It was established in 2000, and given statutory powers in 2001 by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, to help settle disputes between consumers and UK-based businesses providing financial services, such as banks, building societies, insurance companies, investment firms, financial advisers and finance companies.
Walter Hugh Merricks CBE, who qualified as an English solicitor, has held a number of senior appointments in legal and public institutions, the best known being his tenure as the inaugural Chief Ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Service between 1999 and 2009.
She became chief ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Service in March 2010. [4] Her appointment was announced on 11 January 2010. She left the Financial Ombudsman Service in November 2013.
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a regulator for insurance, investment business and banking, and the Financial Ombudsman Service to resolve disputes as a free alternative to the courts.
Dame Gillian Guy, Baroness Bichard DBE is a British administrator who is currently the Independent Assessor of the Financial Ombudsman Service. [1] She was previously chief executive officer of Citizens Advice, a network of charitable organisations employing 7,000. She joined in 2010 from the charity Victim Support. [2]
Energy Ombudsman [165] - With over 2,500 energy companies signed up to our scheme, the Energy Ombudsman is the only alternative dispute resolution scheme in the UK energy sector. The Energy Ombudsman is approved by Ofgem to impartially and independently handle disputes between consumers and energy suppliers [166] including: gas and electricity ...
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Charlotte Guyman joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a -5.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
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