Kevin J. Armstrong is a financial services executive, securities attorney, and board member with significant experience in developing and implementing strategies directed to build market share and sustainable growth, while anticipating, managing, and reducing areas of legal and regulatory risk.
Kevin is currently a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence on the faculty of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where he mentors students about the role of in-house counsel in asset managers and broker dealers and he lectures on topics including transformative technologies: blockchain, bitcoin, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. Previously, he was Executive Compliance Director and Chief Compliance Officer for Ally Invest Group, Inc. where he was responsible for leading internal processes promoting and ensuring Ally’s compliance with laws impacting its digital investment adviser and bank affiliated broker-dealer with a focus on the overall reduction of financial, legal, and technology risks.
Prior to joining Ally, Kevin was General Counsel at DST Brokerage Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc., a provider of advisory, information technology and operations outsourcing to the financial services and healthcare industries. From 2014 through the company’s sale in 2018, he directed the legal strategy and policy for the company and its affiliate, DST Market Services, providing legal and business advice on a wide range of matters including corporate governance, securities regulation and competition issues. In this role, Kevin also worked with policymakers, leaders of government and industry councils and lobbyists to influence public policy, monitor government initiatives and advocate for specific plans to advance the company’s objectives.
Kevin is a community leader and serves on boards in Minneapolis including on the Governance Committee at MinnPost, a nonprofit, nonpartisan enterprise whose mission is to provide high-quality journalism for people who care about Minnesota. Kevin also serves on the Board of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, enlisting the private bar’s leadership and resources in combating racial discrimination and the resulting inequality of opportunity.
Kevin was named to the Savoy Magazines’ 2018 list of the nations “Most Influential Black Lawyers,” and in 2013, he received a CUP Catalyst: Change Agent award from the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP). Kevin earned his JD degree from Rutgers School of Law and his BS degree in Management from Rutgers University. Kevin is admitted to practice law in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and before the United States Supreme Court. Kevin holds Series 4, 7, 9, 10, 24, 63 and 65 securities licenses. He is an active member of the SIFMA Legal & Compliance Society, Small and Mid-Cap Companies Committee at the Society for Corporate Governance, National Bar Association, and the Minnesota Chapter of Association of Corporation Counsel.