EY hires Treasury director to bolster financial services teamEY grows Financial Services Risk practice with new partner hireBig Four giant EY has recruited HM Treasury’s director of financial services to add to its financial services risk practice. As exclusively shared with City AM, John Owen has joined EY as a UK consulting partner after over two decades in government. Most recently, he served as the director of financial services at the Treasury, a position that led the government’s efforts to promote stability, fairness, efficiency, and competitiveness in the financial markets. As a result, EY hired him to lead on domestic financial services policy for the Treasury. Commenting on his new role, Owen said: “I am delighted to have joined EY to help financial services firms navigate new and emerging risk and plan for the future.