The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Jon Kroeper has been appointed deputy director of its Division of Trading and Markets, effective 29 September 2025, joining Division Director Jamie Selway on the division’s leadership team. Kroeper previously worked at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from 2007 to 2024 as an executive vice president in the market regulation department, leading a team of more than 280 staff conducting automated surveillance and investigations across U.S. equity, exchange-traded products, and fixed income markets. Most recently, he was a senior consultant at Patomak Global Partners, and he has served two prior tenures at the SEC, including roles advising a commissioner and the chairman on rulemaking, enforcement, and policy matters with an emphasis on market structure, exchanges, and broker-dealers.