The Federal Reserve announced that Michael Horowitz will serve as Inspector General starting June 30, 2025. He will succeed Mark Bialek, who retired in April after nearly 14 years in the position.
Horowitz has more than 35 years of experience in law, public administration, and investigations. Most recently, he served as Inspector General of the Department of Justice, a role he had held since April 2012. He also chaired a committee of 21 federal inspectors general to oversee $5 trillion in pandemic relief spending, has chaired the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and has been a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Earlier in his career, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he ultimately led the office’s public corruption unit. He holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University.
The Office of the Inspector General was established by Congress as an independent oversight authority for the Fed’s Board of Governors and the CFPB, and operates under the Inspector General Act of 1978.
