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Statement by FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams on Chairman and Chief Executive of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Dr. Heath P. Tarbert

January 21, 2021

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Jelena McWilliams issued the following statement on Dr. Heath P. Tarbert, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

“I am grateful to Heath Tarbert for his leadership of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  Over the years I have benefited from his friendship and wisdom, and for the past year-and-a-half the CFTC has benefited from his professionalism, intellectual integrity and personal humility.  I look forward to continuing to work with him.”