Deputy Director of Trading and Markets Jim Burns Leaves SEC

The SEC announced that Deputy Director in the Division of Trading and Markets James R. Burns will leave the agency in October. Since 2012, Mr. Burns has overseen core regulatory functions within the division, including market supervision, analytics and research, and derivatives policy and trading practices, as well as in the chief counsel and enforcement liaison offices.

Prior to joining the division, Mr. Burns served under Chair Mary L. Schapiro as the agency's Deputy Chief of Staff. He joined Chair Schapiro's staff as counsel in 2010, having first come to the SEC as counsel to Commissioner Kathleen Casey in 2008.

See: SEC Press Release.