Nikhil Rathi
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Nikhil Rathi | |
|---|---|
| Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Bailey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1979[1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | St Anne's College, Oxford (BA) |
Nikhil Rathi (born 5 August 1979) is a British financial regulator who has been the chief executive of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) since 2020. He previously was CEO of the London Stock Exchange.
Rathi is of Indian descent, and grew up in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, the son of Madhu and Dr Rajendra Rathi, a local magistrate, having moved there aged three.[2][3] He was educated at Chetwynde School, followed by St Anne's College, Oxford, where he earned a first-class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.[3][2][4] He was the Cumbria under-12 tennis champion.[2]