The FCA is opening offices in America and Australia for the first time as it follows a new strategy of establishing a presence in the key overseas regions of the United States and Asia-Pacific.

The FCA said: “The UK is a global hub for financial services. We are committed to continuing to build our global network and international reputation.”

In the US, Tash Miah started in April at the British Embassy in Washington, DC.

In Australia, Camille Blackburn will establish a regional office from July as the FCA’s director – Asia-Pacific.

Tash Miah will work closely with the Department for Business and Trade to advance UK-US financial services policy and regulatory cooperation and support financial firms in the US to navigate UK regulation.

She has been with the FCA since 2022, working in its international division covering non-bank financial intermediation and leading the financial stability engagement group. She started her career at Morgan Stanley investment bank in London, in sales and trading covering hedge fund clients, which included a spell in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2019.

Camille Blackburn will focus on supporting financial services firms to navigate regulation to enter the UK market or raise capital and provide UK firms with support expanding into the Asia-Pacific region.

She has been the director of wholesale buyside at the FCA since 2022, responsible for supervision, policy and market analysis for asset management and related services.

Sarah Pritchard, executive director, supervision, policy, competition and international, said: “These appointments will help us deliver on our mission to support growth through the export of UK financial services and attracting more inward investment to our shores.

“We recognise that major international investors want easier access to us, and having a presence in these key regions will help achieve that.”