“Harvey Pitt is a great example of how a gifted staff member can rise through the ranks of the SEC and one day become Chairman. It is extraordinary to imagine that he was the SEC’s General Counsel at age 30 – the youngest GC in the agency’s history. Later, as Chairman, he had was put in the unenviable position of having to lead the agency through one of its most challenging times, taking office just one month prior to 9/11. As many remember, Mr. Pitt was the calm in the storm – showing great leadership and instilling confidence in our markets. Within days of the tragic event, he found his way to New York and provided a steady hand and great leadership when lower Manhattan was still in a fog.”
“But his greatest and longest lasting contribution to the profession may still be the Seaboard report, of which there are great stories of how he would send Steve Cutler drafts at all hours of the night and into the wee hours of the morning.”
“Mr. Pitt has enjoyed several stints in private practice, first turning law firm Fried Frank into a powerhouse SEC defense firm and then, after his time as Chairman, starting his own firm, Kalorama Partners, to provide a full range of strategic services to its clients.”
