Manisha Kimmel to Step Down as Senior Policy Advisor of SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that Manisha Kimmel will step down as Senior Policy Advisor, Regulatory Reporting, at the end of this month.

Manisha joined the organization in January 2019 and has coordinated the SEC's oversight of the creation and implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) by the self-regulatory organizations (SROs).

As the primary interface with internal and external stakeholders, Ms. Kimmel has been responsible for assessing CAT development progress, shepherding CAT-related exemptive orders and Commission rulemaking through the agency, and establishing internal governance structures to support cross-divisional coordination and decision-making.

Before joining the SEC, Ms. Kimmel worked for Refinitiv, where she served as Head of Regulatory and Compliance, Wealth Management. 

Prior to her time at Refinitiv, Ms. Kimmel worked as Managing Director of the Financial Information Forum, where she worked with broker-dealers, exchanges, and vendors on issues involving regulatory and market data technology issues. She has also held positions at Jordan & Jordan and Automatic Data Processing.

Allison Herren Lee, SEC Acting Chair commented:”Manisha's leadership has been essential in moving CAT towards effectiveness as a tool for market oversight. My colleagues and I are deeply grateful for her expertise, diligence, and public service."