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Adair Turner was appointed as chairman of the [[Financial Services Authority]] (FSA) in September 2008. In August 2009, he announced that if needed, he would back a UK tax curbing bonuses at [[bank]]s where executives were continuing with excessive [[risk]]-taking.<ref> {{cite web|url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090827/bs_afp/britainbankingsectortaxfsa_20090827103413|name = Financial Watchdog Chief Backs Tax On UK Banks|org = yahoo|date = August 31, 2009}}</ref>

He is a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and at Cass Business School, City University; a Trustee of the British Museum, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Until June 2008 he was a non-executive Director of Save the Children UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsa.gov.uk/about/who/board/turner.shtml|name=Adair, Lord Turner|org=Financial Services Authority|date=February 13, 2013}}</ref>

In late January 2012, Turner, [[Jean-Claude Trichet]] and [[Guillermo Ortiz]] spoke at a debate at the [[World Economic Forum]] in Davos, Switzerland regarding [[high-frequency trading]] as a source of systemic risk. Turner questioned whether or not this type of trading was "limitlessly good."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-28/trichet-turner-question-real-value-of-bigger-faster-trading.html|name=Trichet, Turner Question Real Value of Bigger, Faster Trading|org=Bloomberg Businessweek|date=January 28, 2012}}</ref>

== Background ==
Before joining the FSA, Turner was a non-executive director at [[Standard Charter Bank]] as well as the vice chairman of [[Merrill Lynch]] in Europe. He was also chairman of the Climate Change Committee from 2008 to 2012.

He became a cross-bench member of the House of Lords in 2005 and was chairman of the Pensions Commission from 2003 – 2006, and chairman of the Low Pay Commission from 2002 – 2006. 

== Education ==
Turner graduated from Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge with a focus on history and economics.

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