The new Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami, has as much or more on his plate these days than anyone in Washington, D.C., so I was very grateful when he agreed to spend some time on Friday speaking to me about his new position and his plans for the Division of Enforcement.
Khuzami told me that the SEC’s Director of Enforcement position was one he has had an interest in dating back to his days as an AUSA in the Southern District of New York (from 1991-2002), where he was the chief of the securities fraud unit. He was intrigued, then, when the “stars aligned” and he was contacted by a mutual friend of his and Mary Schapiro’s about interviewing for the position.
