Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Mary Schapiro, Ex-SEC Chairman, Joins Promontory Financial Group, Says 'There's No Revolving Door'

WASHINGTON — Former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary Schapiro has joined Promontory Financial Group.

The risk-management, regulatory and compliance consulting firm says that Schapiro will serve as a managing director and chairman of its governance and markets practice.

"In my case, there's no revolving door…I won't ever be going back to government," Schapiro said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. She decided that after spending "28 of the last 32 years as a regulator," now was the "right time…to do something different."

Schapiro was named SEC chairman in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. She took over after the agency failed to detect the Bernard Madoff pyramid scheme. Schapiro stepped down late last year.

Promontory says that Schapiro will work with clients on corporate governance risk management issues. She will be based at Promontory's Washington office.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.com
Author: AP/HuffPost 

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