Roux who? Cyril Roux profiled

When the Central Bank announced that Cyril Roux would replace Matthew Elderfield as Ireland's financial regulator, the response was a collective scratching of heads.

A quick scan of Roux's CV shows that, compared to his predecessor, his regulatory experience is a little thinner.

Cyril Roux

**Age:** 46

**Appearance:** short in stature, large in ambition

**Newsworthiness:** Ireland's new financial regulator has left people asking: 'Who?'

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When the Central Bank announced that Frenchman Cyril Roux would replace Matthew Elderfield as Ireland's financial regulator, the response was a collective scratching of heads. News websites ran innumerable variations on the "Who is Cyril Roux?" headline, while employees of financial firms all over Dublin punched in the +33 area code ...