Thomas M. Selman

Executive Vice President, Regulatory Policy

 

Thomas M. Selman, Executive Vice President, Regulatory Policy at FINRA, has served in this position since 2008. He oversees the departments of Corporate Finance, Advertising Regulation, Investment Companies Regulation, and Member Education and Training, and the Offices of Emerging Regulatory Issues and Economic Analysis. Prior to this role, Tom served as Senior Vice President, Investment Companies Regulation/Corporate Financing beginning in 2000, and oversaw the activities of three departments: Investment Companies Regulation, Advertising Regulation and Corporate Financing. He served in the same capacity at NASD, which consolidated with NYSE Member Regulation to form FINRA in 2007. Tom joined the organization in 1996 as Director, Vice President, Advertising/Investment Companies Regulation.

 

From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Selman was Associate Counsel at the Investment Company Institute, a trade association for the mutual fund industry. Prior to that time, he served as Special Counsel in the Office of General Counsel at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, a position he held beginning in 1987. Tom was an Attorney-Advisor to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, from 1986 to 1987. In addition to his career accomplishments, Mr. Selman has authored articles that were published in Investment Lawyer, The International Lawyer and Insights.

 

Mr. Selman received bachelor's degrees in economics and history from Rice University, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from The University of Texas School of Law, where he was Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review.