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===== NORM CHAMP =====

Norm Champ (born May 7, 1963) is an American academic, author, former government official, former private fund manager, and lawyer. Champ is currently a senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in the New York office and is a lecturer on investment management law at Harvard Law School.

Champ previously served as the Director of the Division of Investment Management at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under Champ’s leadership, the Commission completed landmark reforms in July 2014 to strengthen the money market mutual funds industry. Prior to taking on the role as Director in 2012, Champ served as Deputy Director of the SEC’s Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) and, when first joining the SEC in January 2010, as the Associate Regional Director for Examinations in the SEC’s New York Regional Office.

Before Champ’s career in the federal government, he served as General Counsel and a member of the Executive Committee of Chilton Investment Company. Champ was a lawyer at the firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell and served Honorable Charles S. Haight Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for two years as a law clerk.

===== EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION =====

Champ was born in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from John Burroughs School in 1981. Champ went on to graduate with an A.B., summa cum laude, in history from Princeton University in 1985, followed by a master’s in War Studies from King’s College London, where he was a Fulbright Scholar the following year. He received a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1989. As an undergraduate, Champ joined the Daily Princetonian as a writer for the paper.

===== LAW CAREER =====

After graduating with his J.D., Champ clerked from the Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1990 to 1992. As a clerk, Champ assisted with research and drafted legal opinions, in addition to work on criminal jury trials.

Later that year, Champ joined the firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he spent 7 years. Champ served as a litigator in federal courts from 1992 to 1994 working primarily with mergers and acquisitions for public companies and private equity funds.

In 1999, Champ joined Chilton Investment Company, a multi-national investment adviser to long/short equity hedge funds and managed accounts. Champ served as Executive Vice President and as General Counsel for Chilton Investment Company. In this role, Champ completed many real estate transactions and focused on business development, opening several offices in London, Hong Kong, and Beijing.

After his roles at the SEC, Champ returned to the private industry and is a senior partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. In this role, Champ spearheads the regulatory solutions practice in the Investment Funds Group and counsels private fund sponsors on the regulatory environment in the United States and other countries.

Norm Champ was a member of the Board of Directors of the Managed Funds Association and Chair of its Investor Protection Task Force from 2007 to 2009.

===== PUBLIC SERVICE =====

From 2010 to 2015, Champ served in various roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) – Now the Division of Examination

Norm Champ joined the SEC in January 2010 as an Associate Director in the New York Regional Office where he supervised investment management examinations. Later that year, Champ was named OCIE’s Deputy Director and supervised examinations of investment advisors, broker-dealers, exchanges, clearing agencies, and credit rating agencies. Champ received the Chairman’s Award for Law and Policy and the Chairman’s Award for Labor-Management Relations while serving at OCIE in 2011.

Division of Investment Management

Champ became the Director of the Division of Investment Management in 2012. In his capacity as Director, Champ led efforts to monitor the investment management industry to evaluate risks and made numerous structural and policy changes at the Commission. He was a key figure in the completion of the SEC’s 2014 reforms to the money market fund industry.

During his tenure at the SEC, Champ received numerous awards for his leadership and work on policy issues: Chairman’s Award for Labor-Management Relations in 2011 and 2014, Chair’s Award for Law and Policy in 2011 and 2014, and Chair’s Analytical Methods Award in 2013.

===== AUTHOR =====

Outside of Champ’s public and private sector career, Champ has authored two books. Published in 2017, Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis is Champ’s first book and chronicles his five-years at the SEC and his leadership efforts to reform the Commission’s culture and stabilize the American financial system.

Champ’s second book, Mastering Money: How to Beat Debt, Build Wealth, and Be Prepared for Any Financial Crisis, was published in November 2019. The book demystifies personal finances to guide readers in learning the fundamentals of basic finances and investing in the future. This book was a passion project for Champ, and he frequently gives virtual talks at colleges and universities about his book, financial literacy, and career advice.

In 2021, Norm Champ co-authored the spring 2021 edition of Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel with David Breach of Vista Equity, outlining how to launch a private investment management fund. The project is a joint venture between Thomson Reuters Westlaw and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).

===== PERSONAL LIFE =====

Champ resides in New York City. He enjoys traveling and the outdoors.