Carlo di Florio

President

Carlo di Florio is the President of ACA Group. ACA supports over 6,500 financial services clients with Advisory Services, Technology Solutions and Outsourced Managed Services across six business areas: Regulatory Compliance, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Risk, Global Investment Performance, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Distribution of Mutual Funds, ETFs and Private Funds; and Regulatory Hosting Solutions into the UK and Europe.

Prior to joining ACA in 2019, Carlo served for a decade as a senior regulator, first as the Director of the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE, now the Division of Examinations) and then as the Chief Risk and Strategy Officer at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).  Prior to joining the SEC in 2010 to strengthen the Exams program in the wake of the Financial Crisis and Madoff scandal, Carlo was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Financial Services Risk and Regulatory Practice.

Carlo also serves on the Boards of industry and professional associations, including the Board of Directors and the Regulatory Advisory Committee of the National Association of Compliance Professionals (NSCP);  the Board of Governors (and past President) of the Risk Management Association (RMA) NY Chapter; and on the Board of Advisors of the Private Equity CFO Association NY Chapter (PECFOA).  In addition, Carlo serves as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, where he teaches Strategic Risk Management in the Master of Science program in Enterprise Risk Management.  Carlo has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Leaders in Corporate Governance by the Association of Corporate Directors; one of the Top Trailblazers & Pioneers in Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) by The National Law Journal; and one of the Most Influential People in Finance by Worth Magazine.

Location

2 Grand Central Tower
140 East 45th Street, 29th Floor
New York, NY 10017

Regulatory Experience

  • Chief Risk & Strategy Officer and EVP Shared Services, FINRA
  • Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, United States

Board Memberships

  • Co-President and Board of Governors, Risk Management Association
  • Advisory Board Member, Private Equity CFO Association (PECFOA) New York Chapter
  • Board of Directors, National Society of Compliance Professionals

Education and Certifications

  • Georgetown University Law Center
  • Penn State Dickinson Law
  • Tulane University

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