Thomas J. Smith

Deputy Director, Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Tom Smith is a Deputy Director in the Market Participants Division of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  Tom’s primary responsibilities include capital, margin, segregation of customer funds, and financial reporting requirements for futures commission merchants, swap dealers, major swap participants, and introducing brokers.

Tom joined the Commission in 1992 and has worked in various capacities including as an Attorney Advisor in the Office of Proceedings where he worked on adjudicatory matters, and as a Special Counsel in the Division of Trading and Markets where he worked on issues concerning futures commission merchants, clearing organizations and contract markets.  Tom spent six years with a public accounting firm prior to joining the Commission.