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Michael McMaster

SVP and Chief Compliance Officer at Wedbush Securities

In his new capacity, Michael will oversee the company’s legal, compliance, surveillance, and regulatory practices, and also help maintain ties with domestic and international partners within the financial services industry.

He will be tasked with ‎ensuring ‎adherence to the relevant rules, regulations, and guidelines by which the ‎firm is bound. Given the increasingly global nature of the business and a ‎‎regulatory landscape that is constantly evolving, this is a greater challenge ‎‎now than ever before.

McMaster has gained extensive experience from more than 22 years in compliance roles and managing large scale regulatory projects. His career, which spans over three decades, encompasses several stints as CCO with BNY Mellon’s Capital Markets and Clearance and Collateral Management Divisions and previously as CCO for Libra Securities and as CCO and Counsel with Rabobank’s broker/dealer unit.

Earlier in his career, he initially worked as a mortgage-backed securities trader.

Timeline

  • SVP and Chief Compliance Officer

    Current role

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