Gerald O’Hara

Vice President, Capital Markets & Assistant General Counsel, SIFMA

Gerald O’Hara is Vice President and Assistant General Counsel in SIFMA’s Capital Markets Group.

Prior to joining SIFMA, Gerald was Senior Counsel in the Department of Enforcement at FINRA where he led investigations into possible violations of FINRA rules and the federal securities laws and represented FINRA in resulting disciplinary proceedings involving registered broker-dealers and individuals. Before that he worked in FINRA’s Market Regulation Department, where he managed a team responsible for conducting equities cross-market surveillance.

Gerald received a B.A. from Dickinson College and a J.D. from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.