Finra names Nathaniel Stankard chief of staff for regulatory operations

Finra names Nathaniel Stankard chief of staff for regulatory operations
The executive, who had been senior adviser to Finra CEO Robert Cook, will spearhead regulatory integration.
SEP 01, 2022

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. promoted Nathaniel Stankard to executive vice president and chief of staff to the CEO for regulatory operations.

Stankard was formerly a Finra senior vice president and senior adviser to Robert Cook, the group’s president and chief executive.

In his new role, Stankard will be responsible for providing strategic direction on the integration of Finra’s regulatory operations. He joined Finra in 2017 after seven years with the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he most recently served as deputy chief of staff for policy in the office of chair Mary Jo White.

Earlier, Stankard worked at Morgan Stanley and at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

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