philanthropy.org | 990 Resource | FAQ Verify yourself Sign in
RL
Person · officer / director

Robert Ld Colby

EVP and Chief Legal Officer · Financial Industry Regulatory Authority INC

EVP and Chief Legal Officer at Financial Industry Regulatory Authority INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

This is me
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.2M

Who this is

Profile

The filed facts are verified from the IRS filings. The biography is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
●
Reported as EVP and Chief Legal Officer of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority INC, based in Rockville, MD.
●
Received $1.2M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
●
Also listed as EVP and Chief Legal Officer of Finra Regulation INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Chief Legal Officer of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) since June 2012, overseeing rulemaking, legal, and dispute resolution functions. Previously a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and spent 28 years at the SEC, including serving as deputy director and chief counsel of the Division of Trading and Markets.

Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
2012–present
Education
  • Harvard Law School (J.D.)
  • Bowdoin College (B.A.)

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority INC EVP and Chief Legal Officer · $1.8B revenue · Rockville, MDFINRA IS DEDICATED TO INVESTOR PROTECTION AND MARKET INTEGRITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT REGULATION OF THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY.Filed FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.2Mreported comp
Finra Regulation INC EVP and Chief Legal Officer · $964.5M revenue · Rockville, MDFINRA REGULATION IS DEDICATED TO INVESTOR PROTECTION AND MARKET INTEGRITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT REGULATION OF THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY.Filed FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

R
President & CEO · FY2024
$3.5M
C
Executive Vice President · FY2020
$2.5M
T
Executive Vice President · FY2020
$2.4M
G
Senior Vice President · FY2021
$2.2M
C
Senior Vice President - Thru 11/1/23 · FY2023
$2.1M
S
Executive Vice President & CIO · FY2024
$2.0M
T
Executive Vice President & Cfao · FY2024
$1.7M
M
Executive Vice President · FY2021
$1.5M
G
Executive Vice President · FY2024
$1.5M
R
EVP and Chief Legal Officer · FY2024
$1.5M
S
Senior Vice President · FY2022
$1.3M
N
Executive Vice President · FY2024
$1.2M

Network

Recommendations

Written by other verified members of the network — visible once you're a verified person yourself.

Loading…

Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org