The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that former FCA director Linda Woodall died in September.
Andrew Bailey, FCA chief executive, said he offers his condolences to Woodall’s family and provides a point of contact for those wishing to leave tributes.
Linda joined the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2001. During her time at the FSA and FCA Linda worked in a variety of disciplines across the organisations. She was appointed as a director in 2014 and will be remembered for the cross-sector work that she led on the aging population.
Andrew Bailey said: “I was deeply saddened by the news of Linda. She was such a good colleague, someone who was deeply committed to her work and the organisation.
“She did many things for the FSA and FCA most recently her work on ageing and financial conduct which was path breaking. She was hugely enthusiastic about such an important topic and I have met many people from CEOs to consumers who volunteered to me that they had sought Linda out to get the benefit of her thoughts and advice.
He added: “Our condolences are with Linda’s family.”
Linda’s family has asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time but messages of condolence can be sent via the FCA: HR.Helpline@fca.org.uk
Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.
