Former FSA boss Hector Sants joins Barclays as head of compliance Hector Sants is joining a bank that his successor at the FSA said had a 'culture of gaming' regulators. Hector Sants, former boss of the Financial Services Authority, is joining Barclays in the newly created role of head of compliance and government and regulatory relations. Sants will join in January after his six months gardening leave from the City watchdog is completed and will become responsible for the embattled bank's relationship with regulators. He will not have a seat on the board and is joining a bank that his successor at the FSA, Andrew Bailey, said had a "culture of gaming" its regulators. Sants left the FSA in the summer just days before the announcement of the £290m fine for Libor rigging that led Barclays' chairman Marcus Agius, chief executive Bob Diamond and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier to leave. But Sants became embroiled in the scandal and had to explain to MPs the events that led to the regulator approving Diamond's promotion to chief executive two years ago. Sants will report to Antony Jenkins, the internal candidate who succeeded Diamond. The bank said Sants' appointment would mean that for the first time "all compliance staff within the bank report to one individual, and operate independently of business and regional management teams." Jenkins said: "Our people always acting in the right way in all of our interactions will be central to our culture - simply how we do business - but it is important to bolster that with the second line of defence provided by controls and a world class compliance function." Sants, who was a banker before joining the FSA nearly a decade ago, had always said he hoped to take on another job after his sudden departure from the regulator in June. "Taking on the responsibility of leading Barclays' global compliance function, and overseeing the bank's relationships with governments and regulators, gives me that opportunity," Sants said.