{"id":3954,"date":"2025-03-28T06:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/michael-piwowar\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T02:24:54","slug":"michael-piwowar","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/michael-piwowar","title":{"rendered":"Michael Piwowar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Michael S. Piwowar served as a Commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from August 15, 2013 to July 6, 2018. Previously, Dr. Piwowar was the Republican chief economist for the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, where he was the lead Republican economist on the four SEC-related titles of the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act. 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