Daniel Gregus

Daniel Gregus is the Regional Director of the SEC's Chicago Office.

Mr. Gregus is a 28-year veteran of the SEC and has held leadership roles in both the Division of Enforcement and the Division of Examinations. He has most recently served as the Associate Director of the National Clearance and Settlement Examination Program as well as the Associate Regional Director for the Broker-Dealer and Exchange Examination Program in the Chicago Regional Office.

Mr. Gregus began working in the Enforcement Division in the Chicago office in 1993. He served as an Assistant Regional Director for Enforcement from 1998 to 2007, and then he joined the Broker-Dealer and Exchange Examination Program. Mr. Gregus served as an Assistant Regional Director of that program until 2015, when he was named Associate Regional Director. He became the acting Associate Director for both the National Transfer Examination Program and the National Clearance and Settlement Examination Program in 2016, and became the permanent Associate Director for the Clearance and Settlement Examination Program in 2018.

Mr. Gregus graduated with highest honors from the University of Illinois, where he was captain of the varsity football team and a three-time Academic All-American. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law and spent seven years in private practice in Chicago before joining the SEC.