Davies new FSCO superintendent

Bryan Davies has been named the new superintendent and CEO of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO). He replaces Philip Howell, acting superintendent since the retirement of Dina Palozzi last year.Davies was most recently senior vice president of regulatory affairs for the Royal Bank of Canada. Prior to that he was senior vice president of business affairs and chief administrative officer for the University of Toronto.His career in public service includes stints as deputy treasurer and deputy minister of economics at the former Ministry of Treasury and Economics, and as deputy minister at several ministries including Housing, Financial Institutions and Citizenship and Culture.He will take over the new post effective September 3, and Howell will continue in the post until that time.