SEC Names New Head of Enforcement Alex Oh, who joins from law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, replaces Stephanie Avakian, who stepped down from the role in December after a four-year tenure under the Trump administration. The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Alex Oh, previously a partner at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, as its new director of enforcement. She succeeds Melissa Hodgman, interim director since January, and Stephanie Avakian, who stepped down from the role in December after a four-year tenure under the Trump administration. Oh will be joining the SEC days after Gary Gensler was sworn in as the commission’s new Chair. In a statement on her hiring, Gensler said she had the “right combination of values and experience” for the role.