Derville Rowland

Derville Rowland was appointed Deputy Governor (Consumer and Investor Protection) on July 1 2022. She is responsible for overseeing consumer protection, securities and markets supervision, and enforcement. She serves as a member of both the management board and the board of supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

Derville was previously Director General, Financial Conduct, from September 2017 to May 2022.

Prior to this, Derville was Director of Enforcement, responsible for investigations and enforcement of issues across all regulated sectors.

She joined the Central Bank in 2004 to set up the Administrative Sanctions Procedure and was appointed Head of Enforcement in 2010.

Previously, Derville worked for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as Regulatory Counsel, where she led Disciplinary and Admissions and Licensing cases, and gained extensive experience while practicing as a barrister in London and the South Eastern Circuit.

Derville completed a Bachelor of Law Degree and barrister's training (Inns of Court School of Law) in London. Subsequently she obtained a Barrister-at-Law degree from Kings Inns in Dublin and a Diploma in Applied Finance Law.