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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Osofsky is married to fellow lawyer Marc Wasserman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-06-20/business/9506200146_1_bombing-case-joseph-hartzler-prosecuting|title=Arguments In Favor Of Top Prosecutor In Oklahoma City Case|publisher=|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref>
Osofsky is married to fellow lawyer Marc Wasserman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-06-20/business/9506200146_1_bombing-case-joseph-hartzler-prosecuting|title=Arguments In Favor Of Top Prosecutor In Oklahoma City Case|publisher=|accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref>
In October 2017 she took out an HSBC mortgage to buy a £3.3m flat in Kensington.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1049701449372975105|user=nw_nicholas|title=The new CEO of the SFO Lisa Osofsky was the European monitor for HSBC’s 5 year Deferred Prosecution Agreement. She released them last December, despite their laundering dirty Russian money. In October last year she took out an HSBC mortgage to buy £3.3m flat in Kensington https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpFJ5pMW4AA2H7V?format=jpg|author=Wilson, Nicholas|date=2018-10-09|access-date=2018-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/10/11/the-hsbc-cabal/|title=The HSBC Cabal|last=Wilson|first=Nicholas|date=2018-10-11|work=[[Bella Caledonia]]|access-date=2018-10-13|language=en-GB}}</ref>


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Lisa Osofsky
Director of the Serious Fraud Office
Assumed office
September 2018
MinisterGeoffrey Cox
Preceded byDavid Green
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
British
SpouseMarc Wasserman
Alma materAmherst College
Harvard Law School
OccupationLawyer

Lisa Osofsky is an American-British lawyer who has served as Director of the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) since 3 September 2018.[1][2]

Early life

Osofsky has dual American and British nationality.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree from Amherst College, and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School.[2]

Career

Osofsky worked for the FBI as deputy general counsel.[3] She was then managing director and European head of investigations at Exiger, whom she joined in 2003.[3][4]

In June 2018, it was announced that Osofsky would succeed the SFO's interim director Mark Thompson (who was standing in since David Green left) on 3 September.[3]

Personal life

Osofsky is married to fellow lawyer Marc Wasserman.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Goodley, Simon (4 June 2018). "Ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Osofsky named as head of Serious Fraud Office". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "New head of the Serious Fraud Office announced". Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Lisa Osofsky confirmed as next SFO director". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Lisa Osofsky confirmed as next director of the Serious Fraud Office". LegalWeek.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Arguments In Favor Of Top Prosecutor In Oklahoma City Case". Retrieved 5 June 2018.