Norm Champ
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Norman Champ | |
|---|---|
| Born | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Education | Princeton University King's College London Harvard Law School |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney, author, Government official |
Norm Champ is an American attorney, author, and former government official who served as the Director of the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Deputy Director of the SEC's Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) from 2010 to 2015.[1][2][3]
Champ is currently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.[4]
He is a published author of the books, Mastering Money: How to Beat Debt, Build Wealth, and Be Prepared for Any Financial Crisis and Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis.[5][6]
Early life and education
[edit]Champ received his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in History from Princeton University in 1985, a Master’s degree in War Studies from King's College London, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, in 1986, and a law degree, cum laude from Harvard Law School, in 1989.[7][8][9]
Career
[edit]Law career
[edit]While attending law school, Champ worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. of New York. In 1993, Champ began his career in law by working as general counsel at the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell until 1999..[1][7][9]
From 1999 until 2009, Champ served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Chilton Investment Company.[7][10][11][12] From 2007 to 2009, Champ also served as a board member of the Managed Funds Association.[1] He also served as chairman of the association's investor protection task force.[1]
Champ joined the investment funds group of Kirkland & Ellis, becoming a partner in the firm's New York office in 2016.[4][13][14]
Public service career
[edit]In 2010, Champ joined the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) as associate director of the New York Regional Office.[2][9][15] He also went on to serve as the OCIE's deputy director.[2] At the OCIE, he was in charge of several programs, including overseeing investment advisers, investment companies, credit-ratings agency exams and broker/dealers.[9]
Champ was appointed director of the SEC's Division of Investment Management in 2012.[2][16][17] During the rest of his time at the SEC, Champ oversaw monitoring of the investment management industry[9][15] He oversaw the implementation of new regulations for money-market mutual funds.[18][13][19]
For his work with the OCIE division, he received the Chairman's Award for Labor Management Relations.[9]
Writing
[edit]In 2017, McGraw-Hill published Champ's first book, Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis.[6]
In 2019, McGraw-Hill published his second book, Mastering Money: How to Beat Debt, Build Wealth, and Be Prepared for Any Financial Crisis.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Champ resides in New York with his wife and four children.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Norm Champ to leave as SEC's director of investment management". www.pionline.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ a b c d Kennedy, Hugh (2015-01-22). "IM Director Norm Champ to leave SEC". Regulatory Compliance Watch. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ "Norm Champ to depart SEC". investmentnews.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ a b "Norm Champ Says SEC Should Get an A-Minus". thinkadvisor.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ a b "Norm Champ shifts his focus to financial literacy in latest book". www.pionline.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ a b "HLS Authors and Auteurs". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ a b c "Oct. 23, 4pm - Norm Champ '85, author of Mastering Money: How to Beat Debt, Build Wealth, and Be Prepared for Any Financial Crisis | Princeton Financial Literacy". finlit.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ "Obama's fiduciary rule is a disaster, warns former SEC regulator". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g "SEC's Champ is very comfortable with change". www.pionline.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ Anderson, Jenny; Kouwe, Zachery (2010-02-09). "S.E.C. Enforcers Focus on Avoiding Madoff Repeat". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ "Norm Champ, Former General Counsel of Hedge Fund Manager Chilton Investment Company, Named Associate Regional Director for Examinations in SEC New York Regional Office". www.hflawreport.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ "Am Law 100 Partners on Trump's Short List to Replace Gensler as SEC Chair". Law.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ a b Michaels, David (2016-01-27). "SEC's Former Top Hand on Mutual Funds to Join Kirkland & Ellis". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ "Movers & shakers: February 15". Financial Times. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ a b Russello, Gerald J. (2017-04-16). "Preventing the Next Madoff". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ "SEC Investment Director To Retire After 30 Years". www.wealthbriefing.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ Nicodemus2021-03-23T19:50:00, Aaron. "SPACs are big-risk, big-reward investments that can give compliance fits". Compliance Week. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Regulator Who Oversaw Money-Market Fund Rules to Leave, SEC Says". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ Ackerman, Andrew (2016-01-27). "Former SEC Fund Chief Norm Champ Joins Kirkland & Ellis Law Firm". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-07-22.