Sheldon Mills is Interim Executive Director of Strategy and Competition at the FCA. He is responsible for policy, strategy, competition and economic analysis. Previously, as Senior Director at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Sheldon had overall leadership responsibility for the delivery of UK merger control across the entire economy and for the strategic design and implementation of the new UK StateAid regime. He is a qualified solicitor and prior to joining the CMA he practiced law at King & Wood Mallesons and Jones Day. He was born and raised in Cardiff, Wales.