Exelon announced today it has named David Glockner, a former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official and chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, as its new executive vice president of Compliance and Audit, which is a new position at the company
Glockner, who currently serves as chief compliance officer for global investment firm Citadel, will start March 23 and be responsible for overseeing audit and compliance with internal company policies and key laws and regulations affecting Exelon and all of its operating companies, including ComEd.
Glockner will report to Chris Crane, president and CEO of Exelon.
Glockner served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois, trying dozens of cases and taking on a succession of leadership roles from 1987 to 2000 before being named chief of the criminal division.
Glockner left the U.S. Attorney’s office in 2012 to serve as managing director of the Chicago office of Stroz Friedberg, where he advised clients on matters that included cybersecurity, intellectual property theft, data privacy, electronic discovery and digital forensics.
Glockner went on to serve as regional director of the SEC’s Chicago Regional Office from 2013 to 2017, overseeing the examination and enforcement activities of approximately 240 employees covering nine Midwest states.
Glockner joined Citadel in 2017, overseeing the global compliance program.