SEC: Austin Gerig named as SEC’s chief data officer
- The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has named Austin Gerig as its Chief Data Officer
- The Chief Data Officer will help develop the SEC’s data management strategy and priorities, enable data analytics to support enforcement
- Dr. Gerig has agreed to bring his broad experience in data strategy and management to this important new role for the Commission
- Dr. Gerig has headed DERA’s Office of Data Science since September 2016, managing a team of data scientists, data engineers
- He co-chairs the SEC’s Data Management Working Group and also has served as the SEC’s representative on the Financial Stability Board’s Analytical Group
- Before coming to the SEC, Dr. Gerig was a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School
