The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has appointed Dr Kirsty Hood QC to its panel of Senior Decision Makers.
The panel of Senior Decision Makers was established last year and with the addition of Dr Hood now comprises seven QCs. Members of the panel are required to hear cases involving serious findings against a licensee and/or individual directors where those findings are contested by the licensee.
Where a case is proven, the Senior Decision Maker will determine what penalties should be imposed on the licensee and/or directors, including the level of fine to be paid, any period of prohibition from practising in the industry and the contents of any public statement that is to be issued by the Commission.
Dr Hood practises at the Scottish Bar in the civil litigation field. She is currently the Advocate Member on the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Board and also Clerk of Faculty at the Faculty of Advocates, an elected office-bearer position in that professional body.