The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced Sabina
Saini and Darine Obeid as the Financial Services Attachés for
India and the UAE.
Sabina will be based at the British Deputy High Commission in
Mumbai and Darine will be based at the British Embassy in Abu
Dhabi.
These appointments expand the FCA's global presence, joining a
global network that includes the FCA's existing attachés in
Washington DC, Brussels and Singapore, as well as the
Asia-Pacific, supporting international co-operation, exports and
investment into the UK.
Ruairí O'Connell OBE, director, international, said: '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.
'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.'
Sabina started on 10 August 2026 and Darine is starting on 31
August 2026.
Sabina Saini biography
Previously a manager at the FCA, Sabina led work on the UK's
critical third parties regime and broader operational risk and
resilience policy.
Sabina 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 8 years at the
Bank of England in roles spanning resolution policy, supervision
and audit.
Darine Obeid biography
Darine has spent more than a decade at the FCA, specialising in
supervision across retail banking, wholesale banking and fintech.
She led high-profile engagement in financial crime, operational
resilience, AI and customer outcomes.
Notes to editors
- To
understand the role of the FCA as a global regulator, read
the FCA strategy 2025 to 2030.
-
Boosting exports and inward investment is a core FCA growth
priority, outlined in the FCA's letter to the Prime
Minister.
- On 11
February 2026, the FCA signed an Exchange of
Letters with the International Financial Services
Centres Authority (IFSCA).
