• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Dan Berkovitz

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Commissioner

Dan M. Berkovitz, Commissioner, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), was nominated to the role by President Donald Trump on 24 April 2018. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on 28 August 2018 and sworn into office on 7 September 2018 for a five-year term expiring in April 2023. Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Berkovitz was a Partner and Co-Chair of the Futures and Derivatives practice at the law firm of WilmerHale. He also was an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law School, and Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Committee on Futures and Derivatives. Commissioner Berkovitz served as General Counsel of the CFTC from 2009 to 2013. While serving in this role, he was the agency’s Deputy Representative to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). Before the CFTC, he was a senior staff lawyer for the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. Commissioner Berkovitz obtained an AB in physics from Princeton University and a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Sessions With Dan Berkovitz

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 05:00pm - 05:45pm (CST) / -

    Trading & Risk Management: Blockchain & beyond

    Panel Finance/Trading/Risk Management Technology/Innovation

    Financial services provide clear cases of the effective use of blockchain to reduce costs, improve transparency, increase liquidity, and ultimately improve markets. Can blockchain do the same for energy trading in all its forms, and ultimately risk management? Can the industry work together to create secure platforms for deal validation, risk management, compliance monitoring? Can blockchain technology handle confirmation, trade reconciliation, and chain of custody documentation to transform global markets?