Gary Distell
Gary Distell has over 29 years of experience in the financial compliance and legal fields. He started his career at FINRA and now serves as the Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Managing Director and Senior Regulatory Counsel for Guggenheim Securities, LLC.
Mr. Distell first served as a Senior Consultant and in September 2015 joined Guggenheim Partners as a Managing Director and Regulatory Counsel, where he advised the Global Head of Compliance on a variety of compliance issues arising in the broker-dealer and investment advisory divisions. Previously, Mr. Distell served as the Global Head of Compliance, Managing Director and Senior Counsel for Cantor Fitzgerald where he coordinated and implemented policies globally for all of Cantor Fitzgerald’s compliance departments and oversaw many aspects of the Americas legal department, including fixed income and equity. Prior to Cantor, Mr. Distell was a partner for Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, a full-service law firm where he focused on Financial Services law. Prior to Katten, Mr. Distell was a Senior Managing Director for Bear, Stearns & Co. where he was the senior equity attorney and managed the regulatory group. Prior to Bear Stearns, Mr. Distell served as an investigator for the National Association of Securities Dealers (n/k/a FINRA).
Mr. Distell holds a B.S. in Finance from Penn State University, a J.D. from George Washington University Law School and the LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center.