SEC Sees Director of the Office of International Affairs Depart

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Raquel Fox will cease to be the Office of International Affairs Depart with the firm in November.

Fox has been running SEC’s international affairs, including advising the Commission on cross-border regulatory, supervisory and enforcement matters, and coordinating the SEC’s engagement with regulators and law enforcement authorities outside the United States since 2018.

Under Ms. Fox’s leadership, the Office of International Affairs’ enabled increased, high-quality global engagement from the SEC in a number of key areas, including international policy, data privacy, IOSCO EMMOU, Brexit, Title VII cross-border regime, emerging markets, technical assistance and MiFID II response.

Prior to being named Director, Ms. Fox served as a senior advisor to Chairman Clayton focusing on matters involving the Division of Corporation Finance and the Office of International Affairs, and she also assisted on enforcement matters.  

Before joining the SEC, Ms. Fox was a counsel in private practice, specializing in capital markets transactions, corporate governance and disclosure.  She began her career as a certified public accountant, specializing in taxation.

“Under Raquel’s remarkable leadership, the Office of International Affairs has significantly improved our international engagement on both supervisory and enforcement matters.  The effective cross-border coordination demonstrated during the days of significant COVID-19 induced market stress earlier this year would not have been possible if not for the efforts of Raquel and her team.  I thank Raquel for her years of service to the Commission and to American investors,” said SEC Chairman Jay Clayton.