Pension Protection Fund has appointed Conor Lawlor as chief strategy and communications officer.
In this new role, he sits on the executive committee and is responsible for corporate affairs, strategy, public policy, government and regulatory relations, media, communications, and leading change and transformation initiatives across the organisation.
Lawlor joins from UK Finance where he spent 10 years and held many roles, most recently as managing director of global banking, markets and international affairs at UK Finance, where he served on the executive committee. He led the capital markets, wholesale banking, and international affairs directorates, overseeing strategic delivery and managing senior relationships with key financial institutions.
He was also managing director for capital markets and wholesale at UK Finance where he directed strategic advocacy, policy development, and engagement with domestic and international members in the wholesale banking sector.
Prior to that, Lawlor also held the dual role of Brexit project director and policy director for capital markets at UK Finance. He led the organisation’s response to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and directed policy engagement on initiatives such as the capital markets Union, securitisation reform, and market abuse regulation.
Lawlor has held senior regulatory and policy roles, including as Alternate UK Finance Member on The Takeover Panel and board member of the International Regulatory Strategy Group. He was seconded to HM Treasury as senior policy adviser, supporting financial asset management and leading market intervention strategies. He has held economic roles within transport, housing and local government policy.