Kenny Clowers is the co-head of ACA’s global Regulatory Compliance practice. In this role, he is responsible for development and oversight of ACA’s regulatory compliance solutions, which leverage consulting, managed services, and technology to support over 6,400 financial services firms globally.
Prior to assuming his current role, Kenny worked with ACA clients to find solutions to fit their unique needs and challenges as a leader for ACA’s Private Equity and Hedge Fund practice groups. As a Senior Principal Consultant with ACA, Kenny provided advice to investment advisers, hedge fund managers, and private equity firms on compliance with federal securities laws. In particular, he managed and conducted compliance program reviews and mock inspections of investment advisers and assists these firms in identifying and addressing their unique compliance and operational risks. Kenny also helped clients write customized compliance manuals and prepared investment advisers for registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Kenny previously worked in the SEC’s Washington, D.C. office for almost 10 years. For two and a half of those years, he supervised teams of examiners that conducted investment adviser compliance examinations involving various asset classes, investment strategies, client types, and investment vehicles. Prior to his time as an Examination Manager, Kenny worked as a Securities Compliance Examiner/Staff Accountant. In this role, he led or participated in examinations, thematic reviews, and risk-targeted sweeps of private fund and retail investment advisers and of investment companies. These routine and cause-related examinations yielded several referrals to the Division of Enforcement.
Prior to the SEC, Kenny worked for State Street Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri, as a Senior Accountant. In this role, he worked with and oversaw a team of fund accountants responsible for processing securities trading, settlement, corporate actions activity, and daily NAV calculations.
Kenny earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Ottawa University.
