Deloitte has announced the addition of two regulatory senior leaders to its financial services practice. Maria Gattuso, investment management attorney and most recently a partner at Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, joins as principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP; and Susan Ameel, former chief regulatory officer of the National Stock Exchange (NSX), joins as director, Deloitte & Touche LLP.

“We recognise the importance of being able to provide our clients the context needed when they are making decisions for their organizations in the constantly evolving regulatory environment,” said Donna Glass, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and managing partner and financial services industry leader for the advisory practice. “Both Maria and Susan offer a wealth of investment management and securities experience that will further enable us to help our clients protect and create value.”

Over her 20-plus-year career, Gattuso has acquired extensive experience on a broad range of issues and transactions affecting clients in the investment management industry. She has advised clients on regulatory, compliance and transactional matters involving the creation, regulation, acquisition and ongoing operation of registered investment companies, business development companies, private funds and their investment advisers. Working within Deloitte’s Center for Regulatory Strategies, she will focus on regulatory and compliance matters for Deloitte's investment management clients, including investment advisers, wealth managers, mutual fund complexes, hedge funds and private equity funds. Prior to joining Deloitte, Gattuso was a partner for nearly nine years at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, and has served as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. She currently co-chairs the 100 Women in Hedge Funds Legal Peer Advisory Counsel and the Women’s Investment Management Forum.  

Susan Ameel is the former chief regulatory officer of the National Stock Exchange. Ameel was responsible for the exchange’s regulatory programme, including compliance, rulemaking, surveillance, investigations, examinations and enforcement. Over her 15-year career, she has held legal and regulatory roles with the SEC, national securities exchanges and broker-dealers. In her new role, Ameel will focus on regulatory risk management, regulatory compliance, trading, and systems compliance.