The SEC announced today that Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of the Division of Enforcement, will leave the SEC to return to the private sector. Thomsen has served as Director since 2005, when she was appointed by Chairman Donaldson, and has been with the SEC’s Enforcement Division since 1995.
SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro stated that “Linda’s achievements have been nothing short of extraordinary, even heroic, in an era of unprecedented challenges in our securities markets.”
[…] February 27 was the last day at the SEC for Linda Thomsen, the former Director of Enforcement who announced on February 9, 2009, that she was leaving the SEC to return to the private sector. Nester stated […]