Jeffry Freiburger

Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer Robert W. Baird & Co.

Jeff joined Robert W. Baird in 1993. He has served as Baird’s Chief Compliance Officer since 2002.  Prior to that, he worked ten years at Blunt Ellis & Loewi, as Assistant Compliance Director, and for two years at Kemper Clearing Corporation as Director of Internal Audit.

Jeff is a member of and was Chair of the Securities Industry Continuing Education Council, and is a former member of FINRA’s Series 14 Exam Committee. He served as a member and Chair of FINRA’s District 8 Committee from 2008-2011, and on FINRA’s Midwest Region Committee from 2017 – 2019. He is a member of  SIFMA’s Compliance and Regulatory Policy Committee  and the SIFMA Regional Firm GC/CCO Roundtable.

Jeff is Treasurer/Vice Chair and on the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau Serving  Wisconsin.  He is the Executive Sponsor for Baird’s Veteran’s Associate Resource Group and serves on the Baird’s Business Diversity Committee.  He was past Corporate Chair for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes in Milwaukee, WI .

He is a 1981 Graduate of the University of Wisconsin. He holds the Series 7, 9, 10, 14, 24, 53, 55, 63 and 66 Securities Industry qualifications.