About Tom Selman
Tom Selman
Founder of SCOPUS
With over two decades of regulatory leadership and expertise, Tom Selman served as FINRA's Executive Vice President for Regulatory Policy and its Legal Compliance Officer. A prolific author, commentator, and expert in financial services regulation, Mr. Selman led many FINRA departments, including FINRA’s:
Department of Advertising Regulation
Department of Corporate Financing
Office of Disciplinary Affairs
Office of Hearing Officers
Office of Financial Innovation
Criminal Prosecution Assistance Group
Corporate Office of General Counsel
Compliance and Code of Conduct Programs
Among Mr. Selman’s many accomplishments were the modernization of the advertising regulation and corporate financing programs, establishment of a regime to police the private placement market, reform of the non-traded REIT market, and development of the Office of Financial Innovation.
Mr. Selman holds a CFA charter and is a member of the Board of Directors of the CFA Society Washington D.C.
Mr. Selman most recently authored two ground-breaking articles, “Protecting Retail Investors: A New Exemption for Private Securities Offerings,” Virginia Law & Business Review (Fall 2019) and “Sidestepping the Rat Holes: Investment Risk and Securities Law,” Harvard Business Law Review (April 2018).
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