The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has a new interim chief executive.

Ontario’s insurance and pension regulator says Brian Mills has been appointed interim CEO and superintendent of financial services. He replaces Philip Howell as head of the provincial regulator, after Howell retired on October 17.

Mills has been at FSCO for more than six years, most recently as deputy superintendent, pensions — a position he took over in September 2013. He began his career in government working in policy at several provincial ministries, including the Ministry of Financial Institutions. He also spent five years as vice president of pension administration at the Ontario Pension Board.

During his time in the private sector, Mills was a managing partner at consulting firm, Towers Perrin; where he was responsible for running the firm’s pension and benefit outsourcing business operations in Canada, Europe, Australia and Latin America.