Heejoo Lee is currently a Senior Legal Counsel at the Financial Markets Authority in New Zealand since May 2022. Prior to this role, Lee worked as a Lawyer in Enforcement at the Commerce Commission from October 2020 to April 2022. Previously, Lee served as a Solicitor at Lowndes, Holmden Horrocks, and Grimshaw & Co, specializing in various legal matters. Lee obtained an LLB (Hons) degree from The University of Auckland.
Financial Markets Authority - New Zealand
The Financial Markets Authority regulates New Zealand's financial markets. We oversee and enforce securities, financial reporting, and company law as they apply to financial services and securities markets. We also regulate securities exchanges, financial advisers and brokers, trustees and issuers - including issuers of KiwiSaver and superannuation schemes. Our main vision is to promote and facilitate the development of fair, efficient and transparent financial markets. As a risk-based conduct regulator, we focus our resources on conduct that we think poses the most significant risk to achieving this objective. The FMA was established in 2011 under the Financial Markets Authority Act 2011. It replaced the Securities Commission and took over some roles of the Ministry of Economic Development, in particular the regulatory role of the Government Actuary and some of the roles of the Registrar of Companies.