SEC Chief of Staff Sean Memon to Conclude Tenure in January 2021

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Wednesday that Sean Memon will conclude his tenure as the agency's Chief of Staff in January 2021.

Mr. Memon joined the SEC as Deputy Chief of Staff in May 2017 and was named Chief of Staff in June 2019. As Chief of Staff, Mr. Memon served as principal advisor to Chairman Clayton on legal, policy and management matters affecting each aspect of the agency's mission, including rulemaking, enforcement, examinations and internal agency operations. 

Mr. Memon's contributions to the SEC to date include modernizing the securities regulatory framework, promoting market integrity through effective enforcement and examinations, and enhancing agency operations and advancing diversity, inclusion and opportunity. He played a key role in the SEC's efforts to ensure continued orderly market operations in response to the COVID-19-related economic stresses in 2020.

"Applying his remarkably broad and deep knowledge of the global financial system and our domestic regulatory framework, Sean has been an indispensable asset to me and the Commission," said SEC Chairman Jay Clayton. "It has been my great pleasure to serve alongside Sean and witness firsthand the many lasting contributions he has made to our markets and our investors."

Prior to joining the SEC, Mr. Memon practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he advised clients in regulatory and transactional matters, including with respect to capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Memon also advised companies on matters involving financial technology and the development of new products and services.

Previously, Mr. Memon was a member of the Finance and Acquisitions department at Time Warner Inc., where he worked on long-term business planning efforts and performed quantitative valuation and financial impact analysis for potential new business initiatives and transactions. Prior to Time Warner, Mr. Memon was an analyst in the technology investment banking groups of Raymond James & Associates and Morgan Stanley & Co., where he worked with companies on capital raising activities and mergers and acquisitions.