Jamila Abston

Jamila is a Partner in EY’s Business Consulting practice with over 15 years of experience in wealth and asset management, banking, and capital markets regulation and operations, and litigation support. Jamila rejoined EY from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where she served as the Assistant Regional Director for the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. In this role, Jamila led examiners in reviewing and assessing compliance program effectiveness, market risk, enterprise risk management, operations, and cybersecurity for the asset management industry. Jamila has partnered with FINRA, the Federal Reserve, CTFC, NFA, US Attorneys Office, FBI, and other regulators to improve compliance, prevent fraud, monitor risk, and inform policy as a regulator.  

Prior to becoming an Assistant Regional Director, Jamila served as an expert advisor for the SEC Examinations program, focusing on risk analytics, regulatory matters, investor relations, and technology risk for the asset management and banking industry. Prior to the SEC, Jamila was a Manager in the EY Forensic Integrity Services practice where she led restatements, investigations, and litigation support matters for healthcare, manufacturing, government, and technology clients.  Jamila is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF).