Bevis Longstreth

Bevis Longstreth (born January 29, 1934) is an American retired lawyer and former Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He practiced law as a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, and taught on the faculty of Columbia Law School. His legal scholarship has informed much of the modern understanding of fiduciary duty in the context of institutional investors.

Longstreth is also a writer, having authored three historical novels, two set in Ancient Persia and one set in the United States during the 1930s. He sits on the board of a number institutions in education, the arts, and the financial world. Provided by Wikipedia