Andrew Dobry joined FINRA in 2020 as a Vice President within Internal Audit. Andrew leads the Information Technology Audit Team, which provides assurance over the security and integrity of FINRA’s information assets.
Mr. Dobry has over 35 years of experience in corporate audit roles. Prior to joining FINRA, Mr. Dobry was employed by Booz Allen Hamilton, with roles as Chief Audit Executive and
Richard W. Berry is Executive Vice President and Director of Dispute Resolution Services (DRS).
Prior to serving in this capacity, Mr. Berry was Senior Vice President, Dispute Resolution. In that role, he oversaw the four regional offices-New York, Boca Raton, Chicago and Los Angeles-and the New York Case Administration unit.
Mr. Berry joined FINRA, then NASD, in 1995 as head of Dispute
Beginning Monday, November 6, 2023, as described in Regulatory Notice 22-28, FINRA will require firms to report transactions in U.S. dollar-denominated foreign sovereign debt securities to TRACE.
FINRA believes that it is appropriate, after a reasonable period of time, to look back at its significant rulemakings to determine whether a FINRA rule or rule set is meeting its intended investor protection objectives by reasonably efficient means, particularly in light of environmental, industry and market changes.
Eric Pickersgill, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), oversees FINRA’s Cyber and Information Security program. Mr. Pickersgill is a technology leader and subject matter expert in information security, cloud computing, risk management and IT governance with immense experience supporting Fortune 500 companies and federal agencies.
Before joining FINRA in June 2020
As the Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist, Ms. Walsh is responsible for management of national strategic and tactical initiatives by providing high quality research, analysis and advice on the economics of securities regulation and policy in support of the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) and FINRA’s mission. The work product informs current rulemaking initiatives, reviews of existing
Heather Seidel is Chief Counsel in the Office of Regulatory Economics and Market Analysis. In this capacity, Ms. Seidel serves as a member of the leadership team, advising on policy formation and providing expert interpretative guidance on regulatory, policy and legal matters. She also works in partnership with colleagues in the Regulatory Operations departments, the Office of General Counsel and
Jim Reese is Senior Vice President of Data and Analytics for Member Supervision at FINRA. Mr. Reese leads a team of data analysts, risk specialists and data scientists responsible for developing and executing innovative advanced analytics, risk and predictive models, graph and other visualizations to enable, inform and drive the efficiency and effectiveness of Member Supervision and its
On October 23, 2023, FINRA announced the Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC) election for the Midwest and South Regions. Small firms in these regions will receive ballots via email from [email protected] to vote in this election (hard copy ballots will also be mailed to these firms). Voting concludes on November 22, 2023, and the newly elected SFAC members will take office in January
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