Liesl Knox LLB has been appointed to the Financial Services Complaints Ltd board.
The Financial Services Complaints Limited (FSCL) has announced the appointment of Liesl Knox LLB to the board.
FSCL is a dispute resolution scheme approved under the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008.
Knox is a New Zealand qualified lawyer with more than 25 years experience in financial services including banking, consumer credit, insurance, and advisory sectors both in New Zealand and in the UK.
FSCL chief executive Susan Taylor said “Liesl has built up a reputation of providing practical, commercial legal advice to help businesses provide excellent, compliant products for consumers of today.”
Knox’s current role is corporate counsel at Avanti Finance Ltd where she heads both the legal and compliance as well as the people and capability teams. Her experience has more recently expanded into risk, operations, and people, reflecting her understanding of the needs of financial services businesses to deliver to the regulatory framework within which they operate.
Knox will serve as an industry representative on the FSCL board, which is made up of two industry representatives, two consumer representatives and independent chair, Jane Meares.
Meares acknowledged the contribution made by outgoing board member, Gary Young, who has been on the board for the past seven years, and thanked him.
Knox’s appointment comes into effect from November 1, 2020.
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