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CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo Names New Agency Directors
CFTC Acting Chairman Christopher Giancarlo today announced several staff changes at the Commission:
- Amir Zaidi was appointed Director, Division of Market Oversight.
- Vincent McGonagle was appointed Acting Director, Division of Enforcement.
- Jeffrey Bandman will step down as Acting Director of the Division of Clearing and Risk to become an advisor on issues related to Financial Technology.
- John Lawton, a 36-year employee of the CFTC, will succeed Bandman as Acting Director of DCR.
Amir Zaidi has been with the CFTC … since 2010 and has served in various roles: Legal Counsel and Policy Advisor of Commissioner Giancarlo since August 2014, and as the Commissioner’s point person on market structure issues and on distributed ledger technology initiatives. Mr. Zaidi was previously Chief Counsel and Policy Advisor to former CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia and Special Counsel in DMO.
Prior to joining the CFTC in 2010, Mr. Zaidi was an Associate at Arnold and Porter. Mr. Zaidi also held various financial analyst roles at Goldman Sachs and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York prior to law school. Mr. Zaidi received his J.D. from the Maryland School of Law and BS from Boston University.
[Click link below for CV’s of the other named individuals.]
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