SEDA Strengthens Its Regulatory Compliance Practice with the Addition of Grace Vogel
- SEDA Experts
- 7 hours ago
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New York, NY, May 22, 2026 - SEDA Experts LLC, a leading expert witness firm providing world-class financial expert witness services, announced today that Grace Vogel joined the firm as Managing Director.
“Grace brings an extraordinary depth of knowledge in broker-dealer regulation, financial responsibility, capital requirements, and compliance oversight,” said Damiano Colnago, Managing Partner of SEDA Experts. “Her leadership experience at FINRA, the New York Stock Exchange, PwC, and major global financial institutions will strengthen our ability to support clients in highly complex regulatory and litigation matters.”
Grace Vogel is a U.S. broker-dealer regulatory expert with more than 40 years of experience, including serving as Executive Vice President of Member Regulation at FINRA and the New York Stock Exchange. Her expertise includes broker-dealer financial responsibility, net capital and customer protection rules, regulatory reporting, capital and liquidity oversight, and sales practice regulation.
Ms. Vogel recently supported PwC advisory teams as a Subject Matter Expert on broker-dealer and investment banking matters, advising on net capital, supervisory structures, compliance manuals, new broker-dealer formations, and material business change applications. She previously served as Senior Managing Director in PwC’s Advisory Practice, leading regulatory compliance engagements for global investment banks and regional broker-dealers.
Prior to PwC, Ms. Vogel served as Executive Vice President, Member Regulation at FINRA and the New York Stock Exchange. In this role, she managed the division responsible for financial, operational, and sales practice regulation of member broker-dealers, oversaw examination programs, contributed to financial and operational policy setting, and drafted and socialized new regulatory rules prior to SEC filing. She also coordinated regularly with U.S. and international regulators, including the SEC, SIPC, FRBNY, FCA, SFC, and FINMA.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Vogel held senior finance leadership roles at Citigroup and J.P. Morgan, including Controller of Citibank Inc., Deputy Controller of Citigroup Inc., Chief Accounting Officer of J.P. Morgan & Co., and Chief Financial Officer of J.P. Morgan Securities. Her responsibilities included regulatory and public reporting, capital computations, financial closing processes, external reporting, rating agency relationships, and management of Federal Reserve and NYSE examination processes.
Ms. Vogel began her regulatory career at the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers, where she monitored major U.S. broker-dealers and conducted member firm examinations. She holds a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany and held a Series 27 Financial Principal license.
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SEDA is a leading expert witness firm specializing in financial services. We support international law firms by offering the highest level of expertise across the financial industry and providing access to the most influential financial services industry leaders. We provide superior independent advice, data analytics, valuation, and elite expert reports and testimony services to law firms, regulators, and leading financial institutions.
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