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Appointment of Executive Director of Securities and Futures Commission
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     The Financial Secretary has appointed Mr Thomas Atkinson as the Executive Director (Enforcement) of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for a term of three years from May 3, 2016, to May 2, 2019.

     The appointment was made with the authority delegated from the Chief Executive under the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

     A government spokesman said today (March 23), "Mr Atkinson will head the Enforcement Division. With his extensive regulatory experience, we are confident that Mr Atkinson will contribute towards the effective performance of the SFC's statutory functions, in particular regarding securities regulation and enforcement."

     Mr Atkinson was most recently the Director of the Enforcement Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission in Canada. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Market Regulation Services Inc from 2001 to 2007, and the Vice President of the Regulation Services of the Toronto Stock Exchange from 1996 to 2001.

     Mr Atkinson was selected through an open recruitment exercise by a selection panel chaired by the Chairman of the SFC to succeed Mr Mark Steward, who left the SFC in September 2015.

Ends/Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Issued at HKT 18:00

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