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Paul Atkins Sworn in as US SEC Chair
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April 21, 2025

CEO of Patomak Global Partners Paul Atkins takes part in a strategic and policy CEO discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Eisenhower Execution Office Building in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2017. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo)

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Paul Atkins, who previously served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008 and was seen as a business-friendly lawyer, was sworn in on Monday as the SEC chairman, the regulator said in a statement.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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