Sheldon Mills

Sheldon Mills (born 5 June 1976) is the executive director, consumers and competition at the Financial Conduct Authority. He had previously been a senior director at the Competition and Markets Authority and chair of the board of trustees of Stonewall.

Early life and education Mills was born on 5 June 1976 and grew up in Ely, Cardiff, Wales. At secondary school he decided to study law at university after looking through prospectuses in the school library. His school was generally supportive and discouragement by one teacher made him more determined. He studied law at King's College, London as both an undergraduate and postgraduate student, and he was only the second person from his school to go to university. He qualified as a solicitor.

Mills moved to the Financial Conduct Authority in November 2018 as director of competition with responsibilities around competition in the financial industry and anti-competitive behaviour. He supported development of open banking systems for companies to share information about customers to provide more access to financial advice with the objective of increasing competition and innovation. He became interim executive director of strategy and competition and a member of the agency's executive committee in March 2020 In December 2020 he became the executive director, consumers and competition.