The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently
announced the start of Commissioner Mark Uyeda’s second term with the agency for
a period spanning the next four years. Uyeda was renominated by President Joe
Biden last June, one year after receiving his first nomination on June 30, 2022.
“Commissioner Uyeda is a dedicated public servant who cares
deeply about our capital markets,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler said in the release.
“I’m looking forward to our continued work together in furtherance of the SEC’s
mission to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets,
and facilitate capital formation.
“I am grateful to have the privilege of continuing to serve
the American public alongside my fellow colleagues at the commission,” Uyeda
added.
The Senate voted in December to confirm Uyeda, who
previously served on the SEC staff in multiple advisory positions between 2006 and
2022. He was the senior advisor to Chairman Jay Clayton, senior advisor to
Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar and counsel to Commissioner Paul Atkins.
Prior to his senior advisory positions at the SEC, Uyeda
held staff roles in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management and as a
securities counsel representing the SEC’s minority staff on detail to the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Before joining the SEC, Uyeda worked for the California
Corporations Commissioner, the state’s securities regulator, as its chief
advisor. He also worked as an attorney at the law firms of K&L Gates
(formerly known as Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP) in Washington, D.C., and
O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles.
Uyeda holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from
Georgetown University and a law degree with honors obtained from the Duke
University School of Law.