The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointment of Sabina Saini and Darine Obeid as the financial services attachés for India and the UAE.

Saini will be based at the British Deputy High Commission in Mumbai and Obeid will be based at the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi.

The regulator said these appointments expand the FCA's global presence and build on a global network that includes the its existing attachés in Washington DC, Brussels, and Singapore as well as the Asia-Pacific.

The network supports international co-operation, exports, and investment into the UK.
Saini started her post on 10 August. Previously a manager at the FCA, Saini led work on the UK's critical third parties regime and broader operational risk and resilience policy.

She has just under 20 years' experience across financial regulation, audit, and banking, focused on prudential supervision and risk. Before joining the FCA in 2024, she spent over eight years at the Bank of England in roles spanning resolution policy, supervision, and audit.

Obeid will start her new role at the end of this month. She has spent more than a decade at the FCA, specialising in supervision across retail banking, wholesale banking, and FinTech. In her prior role, she led high-profile engagement in financial crime, operational resilience, AI and customer outcomes.

“Our new financial services attachés in India and the UAE will advance the UK's interests on financial services policy and help drive investment into our open market,” Ruairí O’Connell OBE, director of international at the FCA. “The FCA's global network is vital to delivering across all parts of the FCA strategy.

“Just as the UK is a global financial services centre, the FCA is a globally connected regulator and international leader in financial regulation. Our new presence will help us and our counterparts in India and the Gulf do even more together.”

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