Mr. Peter Smith

Biography

Peter joined DFSA in 2012 and is Managing Director, Head of
Strategy, Policy and Risk. He is responsible for:
strategic planning, including DFSA’s annual business planning
cycle, and strategic engagement with government;
development of the DFSA’s policy framework;
the DFSA’s risk framework, including the risk-based approach to
regulation, setting the DFSA’s Risk Tolerance and mitigating
non-firm specific risks
the organisation’s international relations activity.
Peter is a member of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ Policy Development
Committee and a member of the Coordination Group of the Global Financial Innovation Network
(GFIN), which brings together like-minded regulators to work on innovation and technology.
In the UAE, Peter is President of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment’s National
Advisory Committee, and a member of the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority’s
Capital Markets Advisory Council.
Peter has over 30 years of regulatory experience in the UK, the E.U. and the UAE. He holds a
Master’s degree in finance from London Business School, with distinction.