Tom Smith is the Acting Director of the Market Participants Division at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Mr. Smith is responsible for the oversight of swap dealers, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, and their associated persons.
Mr. Smith has served as a CFTC Deputy Director for nearly two decades, including most recently as a Deputy Director in MPD, where his primary responsibilities included, capital, margin, segregation of customer funds, and financial reporting requirements for futures commission merchants, swap dealers, major swap participants, and introducing brokers.
Mr. Smith joined the CFTC in 1992 and has worked in various capacities including as an Attorney Advisor in the Office of Proceedings where he worked on adjudicatory matters, and as a Special Counsel in the Division of Trading and Markets where he worked on issues concerning clearing organizations and contract markets.
Prior to joining the CFTC, Mr. Smith spent six years with a public accounting firm. Mr. Smith graduated with a degree in accounting from Manhattan College and a J.D. from George Mason University.
Education
JD, George Mason University
BS, Manhattan College
