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Digital Markets Champion: Public Appointments

Commons · Question 113526 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 25 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the importance of appointing a Digital Markets Champion with experience and understanding of digital assets and distributed ledger technologies, to help position the UK as a global hu

Answer

Answered by Lucy Rigby, 25 Feb 2026

Last July the government published the Wholesale Financial Markets Digital Strategy. The strategy announced that the government will appoint an industry expert as Wholesale Digital Markets Champion, who will provide leadership from, and for, the sector on...