Manchester Directors' Dinner

Manchester Directors’ Dinner

Free

Join us for our upcoming members’ dinner in Manchester – an excellent opportunity to meet and network with like-minded company executives from across the North West.

Guests will hear insights on the UK economy and political landscape, along with updates from the QCA’s policy team on our campaigns, research and wider market reforms.

We’re delighted to confirm Helen Boyd, Head of Capital Markets at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will be joining us as a guest speaker, with further speakers to be announced soon.

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Event Details

Date: 23 April, 2026

Start time: 18:30 GMT

End time: 21:30 GMT

Venue: Manchester

Directions: Details provided upon booking

Phone: +44 (0)20 7600 3745

Email: mail@theqca.com

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About Crowe UK 

Crowe is a leading audit, tax, advisory, and consulting firm, trusted by clients for our specialist advice, smart decision-making, and commitment to providing lasting value. Our understanding of listed businesses, combined with our market knowledge and access to professionals across our network, positions us to offer insightful and pragmatic advice tailored to your needs. We prioritise close working relationships, ensuring our clients receive a personalised service and open dialogue. This approach has earned us long-term trust and loyalty from our clients. Our team is committed to understanding listed businesses’ unique challenges and opportunities, providing solutions that drive growth and success. We care about your business as much as you do. We strive to be more than just advisors; we aim to be your trusted partners in achieving your business goals, supporting you at every stage of your journey.

For more information, please visit www.crowe.co.uk

Helen Boyd, Head of Capital Markets at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Helen Boyd joined the FSA (as was) in July 2008 as part of the Capital Markets Sector Team and became a Technical Specialist in the OTC Derivatives and Post Trade Policy team leading on the regulation of OTC derivatives post-Global Financial Crisis.  Building on this experience, in 2014 she became Manager of the Trading Conduct and Settlement Policy team and was responsible for, among other things, policy related to market abuse, settlement, short selling issues, primary markets and FX.

In 2020, Helen became the Head of Department for Capital Markets at the FCA where she oversaw the teams working across the full array of wholesale policy issues relevant to capital markets including development of the UK regime for cryptoassets and the supervision of Benchmark Administrators and Credit Rating Agencies.   Alongside this she co-led the FCA’s two cross-institution strategic commitment to “strengthen the position of the UK in global wholesale markets” and “deliver assertive action on market abuse”.

More recently and following the successful delivery of the Listing Rules reform, Helen has moved to the role of Interim Co-Director of the Market Oversight Directorate which includes the listing functions and overseeing the functioning of wholesale markets in order to protect and enhance market integrity.  She is a Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder.

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