Chief Compliance Officer

McClean joined Canaras as Chief Compliance Officer in March 2007. He remains Principal of the DMA Consulting Group, a regulatory and business consultancy to the financial services industry. He also serves or has served as Chief Compliance Officer for several client firms, including Aladdin Capital Management and Sailfish Capital Management. Prior to DMA, McClean served as an officer in various legal compliance positions at Van Eck Funds, BV Capital Management and National Securities and Research Corporation.

He earned an M.A. at The New School for Social Research (2003), where he is continuing on for his Ph.D. in social ethics. He also holds an M.A. (Liberal Studies/Philosophy) from New York University (1996), and earned his B.A. (summa cum laude) from Hunter College (1986). He holds the NASD’s Series 7, 24, 27 and 63 licenses.