SEC Names Vanessa Countryman Acting Secretary

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Vanessa Countryman has been named Acting Secretary. Ms. Countryman will replace Brent Fields, who is stepping down as Secretary effective March 11, 2019, to accept a position in the Commission's Division of Investment Management. For the past five years, Ms. Countryman has served as Chief Counsel in the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), where she has actively participated in numerous significant rulemakings, ensuring the effective use of economic analysis across the agency. Between 2010 and 2012, Ms. Countryman served as Counsel to two SEC Commissioners, where she provided legal advice on regulatory and enforcement matters.