Friday, February 10, 2006
New S.E.C. Division Chief
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday named a securities lawyer, John W. White, as director of the agency's division of corporation finance.
Mr. White, 58, who succeeds Alan L. Beller, is a partner at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he has worked for 25 years, the S.E.C. statement said.
He will join the agency March 20.
Last month, Mr. White became a member of the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a position he will resign to take the S.E.C. post.
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