Career
He joined the Financial Services Authority Board in November 2009, and he is now on the board of the Federal Security Agency"s successor, the Farm Credit Administration (Financial Conduct Authority). The Centre"s mission is to promote fair, inclusive, efficient and accountable financial markets. Previously, Mick was Principal Policy Adviser at Which? (the largest consumer group in Europe, formerly known as Consumers" Association).
He was with Which? for 13 years until end 2006 and formulated the organisation"s policy on financial services.
Prior to this, he worked for five years for two major fund management firms in London. He has also held a number of senior board and committee positions.
McAteer was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. He attended Saint Columb"s College.
Membership
He is Chairman of the European Commission"s Financial Services User Group (FSUG), a board member of the CARITAS (Westminster) Advisory Board, member of the Registry Trust Consumer Panel and member of the ESMA Financial Innovation Standing Committee Consultative Working Group. He was a board member of the United Kingdom Financial Reporting Council"s (FRC) Professional Oversight Board, a non-executive director of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) and one of the original founders of Hackney Cr Union, based in the London Borough of Hackney where he was a board member from 2005 - 2007. At European Union level, he was previously Chairman of the European Commission"s Financial Users Panel (FINUSE) and member of the Consultative Panels of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pension Supervisors (CEIOPS), Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS).
