Giovanni Prezioso
Lawyer, Person
1957 –
Who is Giovanni Prezioso?
Giovanni Prezioso born in 1957 in Boston to Dr. and Mrs. Fausto Maria Prezioso of Towson, Md, became General Counsel of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in April 2002.
He served in that post under three different chairmen, Harvey Pitt, William Donaldson, and Christopher Cox. During his tenure the SEC started over 2,000 actions and 100 rules changes. It also successfully implemented the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. He also reduced the back log of cases awaiting SEC resolution
In early 2006, Prezioso stepped down from the post and rejoined his prior law firm, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, as a partner resident in the firm's Washington, DC office.
Prezioso’s bar and other professional activities have included service as Chairman of the American Bar Association’s Subcommittee on Municipal and Governmental Obligations, as a member of the New York Stock Exchange Rule 431 Committee, and as a member of the Global Documentation Steering Committee sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He is currently a member of the Board of Advisors of the SEC Historical Society.
Prezioso is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard College.
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