Speakers

Genevievette E. Walker-Lightfoot

Genevievette E. Walker-Lightfoot was previously employed as an attorney in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. for almost five years, where she worked on policy matters and conducted field examinations and inspections a wide range of regulated firms and institutions. Genevievette was the lead attorney on the 2003-2004 Madoff examination conducted by OCIE and identified the substantial elements of his fraud and raised her concerns to SEC management as early as 2004.

Ms. Walker-Lightfoot received the SEC's Chairman's Award for Excellence for her work on the Mutual Fund Reform Team, as well as the SEC’s Capital Markets Award for her work on the Research Analyst/Investment Banking Conflicts of Interest Team. Prior to the SEC, Genevievette was employed with the American Stock Exchange's Member Firm Regulation Division in New York and the Dispute Resolution Department of the NASDR, now known as FINRA, in Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. where she received a Bachelor of Arts in government, with a concentration in international relations and a minor in French. She also holds a J.D. and International Law Certificate from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and an M.B.A. from the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland. She is a member of the State Bar of Maryland.

Since January of 2006, Genevievette has been employed with the Federal Reserve Board in the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation’s Large Institutions Group in Washington, D.C. She was previously a member of the Market and Liquidity Risk Group where she was the SEC, brokerage firm and private equity and merchant banking activities risk specialist for banking organizations.

* The views expressed in this webcast do not reflect any views that Ms. Walker-Lightfoot holds as a Federal Reserve staffer.

Scott McCleskey

Scott has nearly twenty years of compliance and regulatory experience with broker-dealers, exchanges, Self-Regulatory Organizations and other regulated entities, and has worked in New York, Washington, London and Brussels. He has served as global Chief Compliance Officer for a regulated firm and as Director of Public Regulatory Policy for a securities exchange, and has worked closely with high level regulatory officials throughout the world. Prior to entering the financial services industry, he was a Special Agent with the FBI.

Scott’s publications include books and journal articles examining such topics as best execution, international market integration, and the practical impact of proposed changes to financial regulations. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a Master’s degree in Financial Regulation and Compliance Management from London Guildhall University, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Government from the College of William and Mary.

Scott McCleskey is Managing Editor for Complinet’s North America region. In that capacity, he is responsible for the region’s news and analysis reporting, as well as the content of other Regulatory Insight products.