SEC fills Corporate Finance posts

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced two appointments to the regulator’s Division of Corporate Finance. Brian V. Breheny has been named deputy director for Legal and Regulatory Policy in the division and Wayne Carnall will be its new chief accountant. Mr. Breheny will join Shelley E. Parratt, deputy director for Disclosure Operations, in overseeing the Division’s day-to-day activities.

He has served as the chief of the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Division of Corporation Finance since July 2003. Mr. Carnall will be the principal adviser to John White, director of the Division, on accounting and auditing matters. Mr. Carnall has been a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers since 1997.

As a member of the National Professional Services Group, he worked with a number of large international clients and developed firm SEC reporting policies and practices for foreign private issuers.