Lauren spent the first 10 years of her career at The Pensions Regulator assessing corporate transactions and leading enforcement cases. Since joining the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2015 she has led transformation in a number of areas – the introduction of the Payments Protection Insurance (PPI) deadline in Supervision, driving new ways of working as a result of the FCA's re-location in Operations and more recently from within Data Technology and Innovation. Her roles within Data have included the creation and implementation of the FCA’s data strategy, leading Returns Compliance and most recently she has led the Data Acquisition unit and been the Accountable Executive on Transforming Data Collections, a joint programme with Bank or England/Prudential Regulation Authority to ensure the FCA gets the data it needs at the lowest cost to firms.