Mark Wetjen
Mark P. Wetjen | |
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Wetjen, c. 2014 | |
| Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission | |
| In office October 25, 2011 – August 28, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
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| Born | 1973 or 1974 (age 50–51) |
| Education | |
Mark P. Wetjen is an American lawyer and a partner at the law firm, Dentons. In 2011, he was nominated by Barack Obama to serve a five-year term as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). He also served for five months as acting chairman of the CFTC upon the departure of his predecessor, Gary Gensler.
He was the head of global policy at DTCC and CEO of MIAX Futures. He also was the head of policy and regulatory strategy at FTX US. He was the top Washington adviser of Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX, until FTX filed for bankruptcy and entered receivership.