Information on first names within the Senior Managements Function - August 2021


Reference Case Number: FOI8175

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

I am seeking information on the most common first names of CF30s. I believe the FCA does collect this data https://www.fca.org.uk/privacy/personal-data-and-enforcement 

Please provide a list of the 50 most common first names in you database of CF30s. Please provide the number of CF30s who have provided that name alongside each name. E.g. Dave: 1,000, Peter: 900, Susan: 500 and so on in descending order.  I am not asking for second names or any other information that would identify an individual.  Where names are abbreviations such as David/Dave please list separately. 

Clarification recv'd:

I would like to amend the request to option 'c' to relate the 50 most common first names of SMFs.

FCA response:

We advised on 21 April 2021, that the Approved Persons Regime (APER), of which the CF30 role is a part, has been replaced by the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) and the new Senior Management Functions (SMF). Which means the number of individuals now holding the CF30 function will be small. 

Please see the table below for a list of of the 50 most common first names for all SMF functions.

The below table sets out the top 50 first names for all SMF holders along with the number of SMFs with that first name:

First name

Number of SMF holders

David

2299

Andrew

1812

Paul

1710

John

1597

Mark

1440

Michael

1380

Richard

1292

James

1257

Christopher

1133

Stephen

1117

Robert

1085

Peter

947

Simon

932

Ian

853

Jonathan

700

Matthew

683

Nicholas

637

Steven

590

Philip

578

Anthony

561

William

559

Daniel

541

Thomas

540

Martin

539

Neil

515

Kevin

487

Gary

444

Timothy

438

Stuart

426

Alan

418

Graham

326

Charles

321

Adam

321

Nigel

319

Colin

317

Alexander

314

Brian

309

Edward

286

Lee

274

Jason

267

Keith

253

Craig

253

Adrian

253

Benjamin

244

Susan

228

Sarah

228

Darren

228

Patrick

223

Jeremy

217

Scott

205