Commissioner Elad Roisman Named Acting Chair of the SEC
"I am fully committed to maintaining the steady course that Chairman Clayton charted during his admirable tenure . . . as we steward this agency into the new year."
SEC Acting Chair Elad L. Roisman
"I am fully committed to maintaining the steady course that Chairman Clayton charted during his admirable tenure . . . as we steward this agency into the new year."
SEC Acting Chair Elad L. Roisman
President Donald J. Trump named Commissioner Elad L. Roisman as Acting Chair of the SEC. Mr. Roisman has served as an SEC Commissioner since September 2018, and previously served as Chief Counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
In a joint statement, SEC Commissioners Hester M. Peirce, Allison Herren Lee and Caroline A. Crenshaw "heartily" expressed support for Mr. Roisman's designation.
This announcement comes one week after Jay Clayton stepped down as SEC Chairman.
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