Fieth to leave ICAEW for top job at BSA

Robin Fieth, executive director of the ICAEW, is to leave the ICAEW at the end of the year to join the Building Societies Association (BSA) as chief executive.

He will take up his new role on 1 December 2013 succeeding the current BSA director-general, Adrian Coles, who is set to leave after 20 years in the top job.

The ICAEW has confirmed that Fieff will remain in post until the end of November. A spokesperson said they did not wish to comment on recruitment or succession plans at this time.