CFTC’s Enforcement Chief David Meister Plans Departure
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David Meister, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission enforcement chief who pursued investigations of MF Global Holdings Ltd. and interest-rate manipulations, plans to leave the agency this month.
Gretchen Lowe, the enforcement division’s chief counsel, will serve as acting director after Meister departs, the CFTC said today in a statement. Meister, who previously worked as a federal prosecutor and attorney in private practice, hasn’t announced future plans, said Steve Adamske, an agency spokesman.