• Knowledge of the overall structure of capital markets and financial sector
• Knowledge of supervisory risks, inter-linkages of the issue with asset management firms and the wider economic system
• Knowledge of concepts of proportionality and risk based regulations
• Knowledge of IOSCO principles and standards and also regulatory frameworks of reputable markets
• Ability to analyse and hypothesise effects of regulation
• Ability to determine need for revoking or changing a regulation
• Able to articulate the connectivity and impact of current regulations and any proposed new regulation
• Evaluate financial analyses of proposed regulation to determine optimal solution
• Ensure that the proposed regulation will meet the performance criteria of current standards under testing
• Ability to direct the development of policy based on business rules and identified risks in line with local statutory requirements and international conventions
• Capable of articulating regulation(s) such that they are completely transparent and also not open to wide interpretation