Rick Spector

Rick serves as Engaged Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer. In his role, he is responsible for Engaged Capitals’s compliance program, as an SEC registered investment adviser.
Throughout his 20+-year career within regulatory compliance, Rick has served as a Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and a regulatory consultant. He is a Managing Director in the Regulatory and Compliance group at IQ-EQ, where he is responsible for managing client relationships, providing regulatory consulting to clients, assisting with examinations, and providing outsourced CCO services. Previously, Rick served as the COO and CCO at Sibilla Capital Management, where he was responsible for managing all operations and compliance matters for the firm. Prior to Sibilla, Rick has also served in executive leadership positions at GSB Podium Advisors and Bull Path Capital Management.
Before beginning his career in regulatory compliance, Rick served as Vice President in the Equities Controllers group at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. He has also held positions at McKinsey & Company as a Project Manager in their Information Technology/Systems Group, as well as Kidder, Peabody & Company as a Marketer/Trader in the Fixed Income Derivatives Group.
Rick holds a Master of Science degree from SUNY at Stony Brook in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, with a concentration in Operations Research, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Chemistry from SUNY at Albany.