The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Gretchen Lowe as Principal Deputy Director and Chief Counsel in the CFTC's Division of Enforcement.

Previously, Lowe was acting Director of the Enforcement Division until the recent appointment of Aitan Goelman as director. Prior to her appointment as acting Director, Lowe was the Chief Counsel of the CFTC.

During most of her tenure at the CFTC, Lowe served as an associate director, leading investigations and prosecutions of many of the CFTC's most complex cases.