Richard H. Walker is a retired member of King & Spalding, who specialized in crisis management, securities law, cross-border government investigations and complex financial litigation, litigation assessment, corporate governance and compliance issues.

Mr. Walker retired from Deutsche Bank in 2016 after over 14 years, during which time he served in the roles of Vice Chairman, General Counsel and a member of the Group Executive Committee at different times.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Walker served as the Director of the Division of Enforcement of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission from April 1998 to September 2001.  For over two years prior to his appointment to that position, Mr. Walker served as the Commission’s General Counsel.  He is the only person in the agency’s history to have served in both of these senior roles.  Prior to his appointment as General Counsel, Mr. Walker was the Regional Director of the Commission’s Northeast Regional Office from 1991 through 1995.

Mr. Walker was awarded the Presidential Rank Distinguished Service Award in 1997.  He also received the Commission’s Distinguished Service Award in 2000 and the Chairman’s Award for Excellence under both Chairman Levitt in 2000 and Chairman Breeden in 1992.  Mr. Walker received SIFMA’s Alfred J. Rauschman Award in 2023 that recognizes a professional who has demonstrated significant contributions to the compliance and legal communities, promoted open communications among industry practitioners, fostered dialogue and communications with regulators and dedicated their career to the securities industry. In 2025, Mr. Walker was named to the Securities Docket Enforcement Hall of Fame.

Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Walker spent 15 years in the New York office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he was a litigation partner specializing in corporate, securities, and commercial litigation.  From 1975 to 1976, Mr. Walker served as law clerk to the Honorable Collins J. Seitz, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  Mr. Walker is a 1972 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity College.  In 1975, he was awarded his J.D. degree, cum laude, by Temple Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Law Quarterly.

Mr. Walker is also active in not-for-profit, pro-bono, educational, and other private sector activities.  He is a Trustee Emeritus of The American Folk Art Museum, former Co-Chair of The American Friends of Bucerius and a member of the Board of Directors of Pro Bono Partnership.  He previously was a member of the Board of Directors of MBIA, Inc. (2006-2008) and served on the NYSE Legal Advisory Committee (2001-2005).  He is also a member of Temple University Beasley School of Law Board of Visitors and served as a member of Trinity College Board of Fellows.