Jeffrey Harris, Chief Economist and Director of the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, to Leave the Agency

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Dr. Jeffrey H. Harris, the Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) and a Professor of Finance at American University’s Kogod School of Business, will leave the agency at the end of May to return to academia full time. Dr. Harris joined the SEC in September 2017 and has led DERA’s team of economists and analysts working on a wide range of activities including agency policy, rulemaking, enforcement and examinations, and risk analysis. As Director and Chief Economist, Dr. Harris focused on data driven projects —including the recently proposed transaction fee pilot for National Market System (NMS) stocks—as well as increasing the opportunities for DERA staff to engage in research in areas that support the Commission’s mission.