Brian A. Bussey, Associate Director for Derivatives Policy and Trading Practices, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mr. Bussey is Associate Director for Derivatives Policy and Trading Practices in the Division of Trading and Markets. In that capacity, he oversees the Division's derivatives policy, trading practices, and enforcement policy programs. His current focus is the implementation of the derivatives provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. He also serves as co-chair of the Financial Stability Board Working Group on OTC Derivatives, and as working-level co-chair of the International Organization of Securities Commissions' Task Force on OTC Derivatives. Prior to his current position, Mr. Bussey served as Associate Director for Trading Practices and Processing and Assistant Chief Counsel in the Division, as Counsel to Chairmen Donaldson and Pitt, and to Acting Chairman Unger, and as an attorney in the Division and in the SEC's Office of the General Counsel. He began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and was a corporate associate at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago before joining the SEC. Mr. Bussey is a graduate of Pomona College and University of Chicago Law School.