Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Investment Security, United States
Paul Rosen serves as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security. Appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate on May 23, 2022, Mr. Rosen leads the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the interagency committee established by Congress to review certain foreign investment into U.S. businesses for national security risks. Mr. Rosen advises the President and the Secretary of the Treasury about such risks including whether transactions should be cleared, blocked or otherwise mitigated to protect national security. The duties involve reviewing hundreds of transaction filings each year often amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars in merger and acquisition activity.
Mr. Rosen has more than 15 years of experience in national and homeland security, investigations and law enforcement matters. Prior to joining Treasury, Mr. Rosen served as a partner at an international law firm where he led the national security practice and worked on cybersecurity, privacy, and government investigation matters. Before private practice, Mr. Rosen served for over a decade in senior government roles, including as Chief of Staff of the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama‐Biden Administration, and in various roles at the Department of Justice including as a federal prosecutor in the Criminal Fraud Section of DOJ where he investigated and prosecuted financial crimes. For this work, Mr. Rosen was recognized by the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) with the Investigative Award of Excellence.
Mr. Rosen started his legal career as Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee after clerking for United States District Judge Gary Allen Feess (Ret.) in the Central District of California. Rosen received his J.D. from the University of Southern California where he graduated Order of the Coif, and his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Colorado.