The SEC on Tuesday announced that Eric Pan has been named Associate Director in the SEC’s Office of International Affairs;  he will oversee the development of international regulatory policy.  Ethiopis Tafara is the International Affairs Director. Role of The Office of International Affairs. (i) advises the SEC on cross-border enforcement and regulatory matters, (ii) engages in regulatory dialogues with authorities outside the U.S., (iii) provides technical assistance, and (iv) is responsible for the Commission’s participation in multilateral standard setting bodies such as the Financial Stability Board and International Organization of Securities Commissions. “I am pleased to welcome Eric to the Office of International Affairs. In serving as an academic fellow this past year, Eric quickly established himself as a senior leader,” said “Eric has tremendous intellectual skills and a remarkable ability to identify solutions to seemingly intractable issues in the regulation of cross-border activities.” Mr. Pan's CV. An Academic Fellow in the Office of International Affairs since January 2011, while on leave as Associate Professor of Law and Director of The Heyman Center on Corporate Governance at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.  Mr. Pan previously was an attorney at Covington & Burling.  He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Law Institute and the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), and has published research on international financial regulation, corporate governance, and international law. Mr. Pan holds a J.D. from Harvard Law, a Master’s in European and International Politics from the U. of Edinburgh, and an A.B. in Economics from Harvard.   [SEC PR 11-255, 12/6/11]