Sam Woods (civil servant)

Sam Woods (born 7 May 1973)[1] is a New Zealand-born British civil servant. In July 2016, he became the deputy governor of the Bank of England, and head of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which oversees the UK banking and insurance sectors.[2][3][4] As head of the PRA, he succeeded Andrew Bailey, who became the head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Prior to his role at the Bank, Woods held positions at HM Treasury, UK Financial Investments, the Independent Commission on Banking, and earlier at Diageo and McKinsey.[5]

Woods was educated at Winchester College,[6] graduated in history and English from the University of Oxford in 1995 and has an MBA from INSEAD.[7] He is married to Mary Starks, an executive at the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets. They reside in Stockwell, London, and have three children.[1]

  1. ^ a b Treanor, Jill (19 April 2020). "Sam Woods interview: I had to threaten the banks over dividends". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Sam Woods appointed as new PRA chief". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Sam Woods - Executive Director, Insurance Supervision". Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. ^ Tim Wallace (8 April 2016). "George Osborne picks Bank of England insider Sam Woods to be new City enforcer". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  5. ^ Treanor, Jill (8 April 2016). "Sam Woods appointed Bank of England deputy governor". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  6. ^ Burton, Lucy (12 January 2020). "Bank of England deputy governor Sam Woods: 'I will defend ringfencing of banks to my last drop'". The Daily Telegraph.
  7. ^ Aldrick, Philip (2 April 2020). "A natural seen as one of Bank of England's next leaders". The Times. Retrieved 23 August 2024.