The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Tajinder Singh as Deputy Secretary General of the IOSCO General Secretariat. He will take up his appointment early in 2010.
Mr. Singh is currently Head of International Affairs & Human Resource Development and Executive Assistant to the Chairman in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Greg Tanzer, IOSCO Secretary General, said: “I am looking forward to Mr. Tajinder Singh joining the General Secretariat team, where I believe that his wealth of governmental and financial sector experience will contribute greatly to the Secretariat’s work in support of IOSCO´s objectives.”
Mr. Singh comes from the Indian Administrative Service and has held various positions in the Ministry of Finance in the Government of India, as well as handling a number of assignments for the government in the financial and other sectors. He has over 18 years of experience at senior leadership positions in different organizations dealing with strategic issues in regulation, finance and administration, and significant domestic and international experience dealing with Government and regulators.
Mr. Singh is currently Vice-Chairman of the Implementation Task Force of IOSCO, and played a key role in organizing the IOSCO Annual Conference in Mumbai in 2007.
Mr. Singh holds a Masters Degree in Systems Science and Automation from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and graduated in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.
The Deputy Secretary General’s duties include providing strategic advice; implementing aspects of IOSCO’s Strategic Direction; managing relations with IOSCO’s membership and being responsible for the administrative functioning of the Secretariat.