Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets
Flag of an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Incumbent G. Hunter McMaster II (Acting) since July 29, 2025
Department of the Treasury
Style	The Honorable
Reports to	Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance
Nominator	President of the United States
Salary	$155,500 (2010) [1]
Website	Official website

The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who heads the Office of Financial Markets.

According to U.S. statute, there are ten Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. ^[2] The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets reports to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

List of Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury for Financial Markets

Name	Assumed office	Left office	President appointed by	Secretary served under
Darcy E. Bradbury	1995	1997	Bill Clinton
Gary Gensler [3]	September 1997	April 1999	Bill Clinton	Robert Rubin
Lewis A. Sachs [4]	1999	2001	Bill Clinton	Lawrence Summers
Brian C. Roseboro [5]	2001	2004	George W. Bush	Paul O'Neill John W. Snow
Timothy S. Bitsberger [6]	2004	2005	George W. Bush	John W. Snow
Anthony Ryan [7]	2006	2008	George W. Bush	Henry Paulson
Karthik Ramanathan (acting) [8]	September 25, 2008	February 2010	George W. Bush Barack Obama	Henry Paulson Timothy Geithner
Mary J. Miller [9]	February 2010	August 2012	Barack Obama	Timothy Geithner
Matthew S. Rutherford [10]	August 2012	January 30, 2015	Barack Obama	Timothy Geithner Jack Lew
Seth B. Carpenter (acting)	January 30, 2015	February 1, 2016	Barack Obama
Daleep Singh (acting)	February 1, 2016	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama
Monique Rollins (acting)	January 20, 2017	November 2017	Donald Trump	Steven Mnuchin
Joshua Frost	May 11, 2022	January 20, 2025	Joe Biden	Janet Yellen
Brian Smith (Acting)	January 20, 2025	July 29, 2025	Donald Trump	Scott Bessent
G. Hunter McMaster II (Acting)	July 29, 2025	Present	Donald Trump	Scott Bessent

See also

• Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

References

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