Paul Barrese

Paul Barrese serves as Chief Compliance Officer at Stout with a primary obligation of overseeing the ethics and compliance program within the firm, and ensuring compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures.

With over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry, Paul has extensive experience in compliance, including capital markets, sales and trading, anti-money laundering, internal investigations, regulatory matters, conflicts of interest, and enterprise risk oversight. Paul specializes in the regulatory compliance of broker-dealers.

Prior to joining Stout, Paul held roles in the Morgan Stanley & Co. prime brokerage operations department and the Risk Oversight and Operational Regulation department of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and he most recently served as the Director of Compliance for the Financial Services Group (FSG) at Piper Sandler & Co. (formerly Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.).