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The FSA has appointed five new non-executive members and reappointed four current members to the board of the Financial Ombudsman Service.

The five new members are the ABI&#39s industry standards group chairman Lawrence Churchill, West Bromwich Building Society non-executive director Ed Hucks, former Housing Association Tenants Ombudsman Roger Jefferies, NSPCC chairman Chris Kelly and the Independent Housing Ombudsman chairman Kate Lampard.

The four reappointed members are Pearson Education chief operating officer Brian Landers, Royal Bank of Scotland head of service quality Robert Crawford, Clifford Chance director of public policy Richard Thomas and PPIAB director Helena Wiesner.

All the board members will serve a three year term beginning February 23, 2002.

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