FINRA Announces Passing of Thomas Gira

With great sadness, FINRA announced that Thomas Gira, Executive Vice President of Market Regulation and Transparency Services, passed away on Saturday, June 20. He was 58. Under Gira’s leadership, FINRA’s Market Regulation Department grew to conduct cross-market surveillance of all U.S. equities markets and nearly half of the U.S. options markets. Gira was also at the forefront of leading FINRA’s work in support of the Consolidated Audit Trail.