SEC Fills Enforcement Director, General Counsel Positions

SEC Enforcement

On April 22, the SEC announced that George Canellos and Andrew Ceresney will share responsibilities as co-directors of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. Mr. Canellos has been serving as Acting Enforcement Director since January. He previously had been the division’s Deputy Enforcement Director since June 2012, prior to which he served as Director of the SEC’s New York Regional Office. Mr. Ceresney previously served as a Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and the Major Crimes Unit. Most recently, he was in private practice with recently-confirmed SEC Chairman Mary Jo White. On April 23, the SEC named Anne Small as General Counsel. Ms. Small is a former Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office where she advised on legal policy questions with a focus on economic issues. She previously worked at the SEC as Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Adjudication and now becomes the first woman to be named General Counsel.