SEC Names Jennifer S. Leete as Associate Director in Enforcement Division

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jennifer S. Leete has been named Associate Director in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. Ms. Leete succeeds Antonia Chion, who retired from the agency in February 2020. In her new role, she will supervise approximately 50 attorneys, paralegals, and staff responsible for investigating a wide variety of securities law violations. Ms. Leete joined the SEC’s Division of Enforcement as a staff attorney in 1999. In 2003, she became a Branch Chief and was promoted to Assistant Director in 2010. During her career with the SEC, Ms. Leete has investigated or supervised significant enforcement matters involving a variety of securities law violations, including cases against: three brokerage subsidiaries and former employees of ConvergEx Group that agreed to pay more than $107 million and admit wrongdoing to settle charges that they engaged in a fraudulent scheme that caused institutional clients to pay substantially higher amounts than disclosed for the…