The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Nicole Creola Kelly to be the next chief of its Office of the Whistleblower.

Kelly, who goes by Cree, is currently senior special counsel in the Office of the General Counsel, according to an SEC press release Friday.

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