Mr. Lenart is a former Chief Compliance Officer and CPA with 35 years experience in the securities industry and has extensive experience in broker/dealer regulatory compliance as well as experience in the investment advisory and futures fields. He has extensive experience in testimony both as an expert witness and as a former regulator. He is a former Senior Compliance Examiner with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), now FINRA, and maintains far-reaching relationships throughout the regulatory world. He has held positions such as Chief Compliance Officer, Financial & Operations Principal (FINOP), Chief Financial Officer and Operations Manager at multiple broker/dealers and holds the following registrations in securities, investment advisory and futures: FINRA Series 7, Series 24, Series 27, Series 3, Series 4, Series 53, Series 55, Series 65, Series 79, Series 99, Series 63 as well as an Illinois Insurance Producers License. He was formerly the Chief Compliance Officer for Marsh & McLennan Securities, William M. Mercer Investment Consulting and William M. Mercer Securities as well as multiple other firms.
Mr. Lenart has owned and operated BDL Compliance Consulting since 2002. He is a regular guest on an established Chicago financial and sports radio talk show where he explains and discusses compliance issues and the financial services industry in general. He has also been interviewed and quoted in Bloomberg News on various compliance issues.

Mr. Lenart has extensive experience with expert witness engagements and testimony having been involved in numerous cases concerning a wide array of securities industry issues and topics. Some of the issues he has addressed as an expert witness include but are not limited to the following: Insider Trading, Ponzi Schemes, Due Diligence, Supervision, Suitability, Fraud, Fiduciary Duties, Best Execution, Commission Disputes, Policies & Procedures, Outside Business Activities, Directed Brokerage & Commission Recapture Programs, Wrap Fees, Books & Records, Brokerage Operations, Industry Practices & Customs, Form U-4 and Form U-5 Disclosure. Some of the securities and product types that he has addressed as an expert witness include but are not limited to: Equities, Options, Fixed Income, Private Placements, Mutual Funds, Variable Annuities, Hedge Funds, Commodity Pools, Futures Products, Structured Products, Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO), Credit Default Swaps (CDS), Market Making, and Exchange Traded Funds. Additionally, he functions not only as an expert witness but also as an advisor with these engagements, noting issues, rules, regulations and industry practices that may have been overlooked. Many of the cases he has been engaged with require written reports that he also provides.

Mr. Ingevaldson has been a Partner and the President of BDL Compliance Consulting since 2008. In addition to managing day-to-day functions at the corporate level, Mr. Ingevaldson takes a lead role in ensuring regulatory compliance of the firm’s clients. Mr. Ingevaldson has led the team responsible for the approval of ten membership applications of FINRA, SEC, and state level regulated entities, and is the primary contact for the firm’s compliance consulting clients.

Mr. Ingevaldson has also led the firm’s expansion into the compliance of other regulated entities including, but not limited to, Registered Investment Advisors registered with the SEC and/or state regulatory authorities and Trading Permit Holders (TPH) registered with the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Mr. Ingevaldson has more than 16 years of securities industry experience ranging from his role as a registered representative with a broker/dealer to his employment with FINRA (previously NASD) as a Compliance Examiner prior to joining BDL Compliance Consulting.

Mr. Ingevaldson's combination of securities industry experience both at the firm level, and as a former regulator provides a unique perspective to current and potential firms. Mr. Ingevaldson graduated from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, and currently holds the FINRA Series 7 and Series 99 registrations.