Regulatory Leadership


Susan E. Light

Vice President, Enforcement, NYSE Regulation, Inc.

Susan E. Light, 47, is vice president, Enforcement, NYSE Regulation, Inc.  

Ms. Light is responsible for managing a department that investigates and prosecutes violations of SEC and NYSE rules and regulations. She is also responsible for managing the Enforcement division’s preliminary investigations unit and case-management system.  She reports to Susan Merrill, executive vice president, Enforcement. 

Before being appointed to her current position, Ms. Light was managing director of Enforcement at the Exchange since 2000.  Ms. Light was named an Enforcement director in 1992 and was a staff attorney from 1988 to 1992.

Prior to joining the NYSE in 1988, Ms. Light was an assistant district attorney in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.

Ms. Light received her law degree from Boston University School of Law and her L.L.M. from New York University School of Law.  She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan.