Jina L. Choi, Regional Director of the SEC’s San Francisco Office, to Leave the Agency After Over 16 Years of Service

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jina L. Choi, Director of the agency’s San Francisco Regional office, will leave the agency at the end of this month after more than 16 years of service. Under Ms. Choi’s leadership since 2013, the San Francisco office has brought numerous groundbreaking enforcement actions that have benefited Main Street investors, including most recently actions involving Tesla and its CEO and now former Chairman Elon Musk, Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes, as well as Yahoo!. Since 2013, Ms. Choi has led a staff of approximately 130 enforcement attorneys, accountants, investigators, and compliance examiners who investigate and enforce the federal securities laws and perform compliance inspections in the San Francisco region.