The SEC named Adam Aderton as Co-Chief of the Division of Enforcement's Asset Management Unit, a national specialized unit that focuses on misconduct by investment advisers, investment companies, and private funds.  He succeeds Anthony Kelly, who left the agency in November 2018.

Mr. Aderton started with the SEC in 2008 as a staff attorney in the Division of Enforcement. Two years later, he joined the Asset Management Unit and, in 2013, was promoted to Assistant Director - a position he held until his recent promotion. 

Mr. Aderton joined the SEC from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where for 2-1/2 years he was a securities associate in the Washington, D.C. office. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Frederick Motz on the U.S. District Court in Maryland. He received his law degree from UVa Law and his undergraduate degree from Truman State University.