FCA Confirms That Digital Assets Head Binu Paul Exited Less Than a Year After Assuming Role, Search for Replacement to Begin 'Shortly'

cryptonews.com:

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) head of digital assets Binu Paul has left the organization.

This comes less than a year after joining the FCA. 

According to his LinkedIn profile, Paul worked for the UK regulator for nine months, between October 2022 and June 2023. 

When he had just joined the FCA, he replaced Victoria McLoughlin, at the time the interim head of digital assets. 

His departure was also confirmed by an FCA spokesperson, who told Cryptonews.com that: 

"We are very grateful for all the work Binu Paul has contributed to the Payments and Digital Assets Team."

The Payments and Digital Asset team oversees the e-money, payment,  and cryptoasset markets and leading related policy development.

Currently, per LinkedIn, Paul is a self-employed consultant. 

Meanwhile, the spokesperson said, 

"Victoria McLoughlin has been appointed as the interim Head of Market Interventions, Digital Assets bringing with her a wealth of experience from within the FCA."

From 2020 until 2022, McLoughlin served as a Supervision Manager at the FCA and was responsible for the supervision of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and cryptoasset firms.

Her LinkedIn profile shows that, since April 2022, she has been the 'Head Of Department - Digital Assets (interim)', where she is:

"Leading FCA’s new Digital Asset supervision department on an interim basis, overseeing multiple teams of talented managers, supervisors, crypto SMEs, intelligence and blockchain professionals in developing effective threat assessments, supervisory responses & strategy to deliver clean, effective markets, protect consumers & deliver good outcomes for consumers and firms."

All in all, she has worked for the FCA for more than a decade, starting as an Associate in November