Healthy Purposeful Culture::Instrumentalisation and Key Drivers

Our study on culture in finance is one of the first in its field to be grounded in extensive, original qualitative data on the lived experiences of senior managers in financial firms. This Article presents key findings from 29 semi-structured interviews with current and former senior managers in UK financial firms and regulatory personnel. It then links the findings to practical takeaways that financial regulators, professional bodies in finance and senior managers and culture champions in financial firms can embrace to support the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory vision of a healthy, purposeful culture.