Bloomberg reports that Ms Cottrel – who played a key role in building an insider-trading case against a unit of billionaire Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors – will assist in supervising a staff of about 180 attorneys, investigators, accountants and paralegals as associate director of the office.

Leader

The 39-year-old joined the SEC in 2005 after working at law firms Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and Jones Day and has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, including the investigation of SAC Capital unit CR Intrinsic Investors that ended in a record $616 million settlement.
In a statement, Andrew Calamari, director of the New York office said: ‘Amelia has been an extraordinary leader in this office and is widely respected both within and outside of the SEC.’