CFTC Announces the Appointment of Andrei Kirilenko as Chief Economist

The CFTC announced the appointment of Dr. Andrei Kirilenko as the CFTC's Chief Economist. Dr. Kirilenko has been with the CFTC since 2008. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he specialized in Finance.

His research has focused on the informational properties and the microstructure of financial markets. Prior to joining the CFTC, he spent 12 years at the IMF working on global capital markets issues. Most recently, Dr. Kirilenko has been working on issues related to algorithmic and high frequency trading and played a key role in the review of the unusual market events of May 6, 2010.

Document Number PR 5957-10

Date December 21, 2010