Eric Pan, managing director of Rock Creek Global Advisors LLC, a Washington-based international economic policy advisory firm, has been elected the new president and CEO of the Investment Company Institute.
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Pan, who will assume his new post on Nov. 9, succeeds Paul Schott Stevens, who is retiring at year-end after more than 16 years as ICI’s head.
Pan was associate director and the first head of International Regulatory Policy at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2011-2015, and served as director of the Office of International Affairs at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2015-2019 where he oversaw CFTC international initiatives.
Since January, Pan has served as a managing director at Rock Creek Global Advisors.
“I am honored to join ICI as its next president and chief executive,” Pan said in a statement. “ICI is an outstanding research organization and the leading voice for regulated funds and the shareholders they serve. I look forward to working with ICI’s members and top-flight staff to be a forceful and effective advocate for the interests of funds and their investors around the world.”