The Compliance Revolution: How Compliance Needs to Change to Survive

About the Author

David Jackman, MA, PGCE, FRSA, had an Exhibition to Oxford and double distinction from Cambridge, as well as experience in an executive-tier bank management scheme and in teaching, before entering regulation in 1990. He co-founded the Securities Institute (now the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments) and developed an agenda of prevention, education, and ethics applied at IMRO and during the formation of the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA).

On Halloween 2002, David launched “An Ethical Framework for Financial Services”—the first ethical statement published by a financial regulator. The concepts in FSA Discussion Paper 18 now underpin approaches to regulation in many jurisdictions.

Following a chief executive role for the Financial Services Skills Council, and then visiting professor for the London Financial Academy, The Ethical Space was formed to work on this broad agenda with boards and organisations from all sectors. David has non-executive directorships and lectures and commentates on the BBC and in the press and researches. He has a long association with the regulator-supported Singapore ICTA diplomas and master classes inKuala Lumpur.

As primary author of the UK National Standards for Sustainable Development (BS8900) and Sustainable Communities (BS8904), David also leads the UK's contribution to groundbreaking international standards for sustainable communities and smart cities. He has founded a Community Interest Company, the 21st ...