Transamerica Financial Advisors, an independent, full-service broker/dealer member of FINRA with over 1600 Registered Representatives, and a federally Registered Investment Advisor, as hired Shawn Mihal as vice president and chief compliance officer, effective as of Sept. 7.

Mihal comes to TFA from Great American Advisors, where he served as chief compliance officer for the past six years. While there, he was responsible for establishing, administering and enforcing GAA's broker-dealer and investment adviser supervisory and compliance policies and procedures. He was also responsible for the general management and leadership of the firm's compliance staff, including the handling of advertising and sales literature reviews, customer complaints, litigation and arbitration, branch office audits, licensing and registrations, and internal investigations.