Speaker Biography - David Mayhew

Commissioner for Financial Advisers,
Securities Commission

David Mayhew was the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority's Leading Advocate from 2001 to 2005, and during 2005 was its Acting Director for Enforcement. Before joining the Financial Services Authority, he was a partner in London at Clifford Chance LLP for 14 years. He returned to private practice at the end of 2005 and has since been a partner at Herbert Smith LLP.

Throughout his career, he has been involved in many high-profile financial litigation and regulatory cases, including cross-border investigations relating to financial regulation, market abuse and misconduct. He sat as a Recorder (part-time judge) for criminal jury trials in the English Crown Court from 1999 until 2005.