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Biography

Christian Sabella serves as Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel at DTCC. He is responsible for leading the legal teams that supports DTCC’s three SEC-registered and FSOC-designated clearing agencies: the Depository Trust Company (DTC), National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC). Christian has over 15 years’ experience in financial services and policy, starting at a large international law firm before serving for 10 years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. During his tenure at the SEC, Christian was appointed to a number of senior roles in the agency’s Division of Trading and Markets and led teams that worked on policy and rulemakings for a variety of areas, including financial market infrastructures. He became acting director for the Division before leaving the SEC in 2021 to rejoin the private sector. Christian received his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center.