Bryan Davies has been named CEO and superintendent of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, effective Sept. 3. Philip Howell will remain as Acting CEO and Superintendent of Financial Services until that date.

Davies has most recently worked as senior vice president, Regulatory Affairs at the Royal Bank of Canada. Prior to that he spent several years at the University of Toronto as senior vice president of Business Affairs and Chief Administrative Officer.

Davies has also held several senior positions in the Ontario Public Service including deputy treasurer and deputy minister of economics at the former Ministry of Treasury and Economics, as well as deputy minister of the ministries of Housing, Financial Institutions and Citizenship and Culture.