Luis Aguilar is an expert in corporate governance with a unique background in compliance, as general counsel to a major investment management firm and in governmental regulation and oversight of public companies. He has been named a Board Leadership Fellow by the National Association of Corporate Directors, which is recognized as the Gold Standard Director Credential demonstrating a commitment to the highest standard of boardroom excellence.
Luis brings to the DFIN board, in addition to an extensive board governance background, a board member who is ideally relevant to the company’s offerings, namely his expertise in the Global Capital Markets and Global Investment Management Markets.
Most recently, he served as a Commissioner at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. He was originally appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008 and was reappointed by President Barack Obama in 2011. Luis served in this role until the end of 2015 and became the eighth longest-serving Commissioner in SEC history. In the SEC’s more than 80-year history, he has been one of only three Commissioners to have been nominated by two U.S. Presidents from two different political parties.