Ryan Wolfe

Ryan Wolfe is the Acting Chief Accountant of the Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant, the principal adviser for all accounting and auditing matters arising in the administration of the federal securities laws. Since September 2022, he has served as the Chief Accountant of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. He previously served in the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant from 2011 to 2020 in multiple roles, including as a liaison to the Division of Enforcement and in roles related to the Commission’s oversight of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. From January 2021 through August 2022, Mr. Wolfe was in private practice at an advisory firm focused on providing technical accounting, auditing, and financial reporting expertise related to internal and regulatory investigations and litigation. He began his career as a forensic accountant and litigation consultant.

Mr. Wolfe is a certified public accountant in Virginia, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond and a Certificate in Securities Regulation from the Georgetown University Law School.