SEC Inspector General Kotz Leaving Agency

Kotz went on to say in the report that after extensive investigation, his office found “Becker played a significant and leading role in the determination of what recommendation the [SEC] staff would make to the Commission regarding the position the SEC would advocate as to the determination of a customer’s net equity in the Madoff Liquidation.”

Over the past four years, Kotz said in a statement that the reports the IG’s office has “issued have not only been significant to the agency, Congress and the investing public, but they have also directly resulted in a transformation of many of the divisions and offices of the Commission.” While Kotz said he will “miss doing this important work, I am gratified knowing that nearly every aspect of the SEC has been significantly improved in the four years since I was named Inspector General.”

Kotz previously served as the Inspector General of the Peace Corps and worked in several other senior level capacities for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Prior to his government service, Kotz practiced at private law firms, including Pepper Hamilton LLP in Washington D.C. Kotz graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and politics, and earned his law school at Cornell Law School in 1990.