Mark Kaufman
Deputy Commissioner of Financial Regulation

Mark Kaufman was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Financial Regulation in April 2008. Mr. Kaufman brings over 15 years of financial services experience to his appointment. Previously, Mr. Kaufman was a Managing Director in Investment Banking with CIBC World Markets in Baltimore and co-head of the firm's Business Services practice. In addition, he was a member of the Investment Banking division of Alex. Brown & Sons / Deutsche Bank from 1995 to 2002, as well as an Associate in the Treasury at JP Morgan. Mr. Kaufman also served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs from 1992 to 1994.  In that capacity, he advised on capital markets and bank regulation, mortgage finance and urban development issues, including managing Committee hearings and legislative drafting of the Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, the principal federal legislation currently in place aimed at predatory mortgage lending. Mr. Kaufman holds a MBA in finance and accounting and an MPA in Urban Development from Columbia University where he was a Jacob Javits Fellow.