Mr. Finch served as a Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) in the Office of Professional Responsibility at FBI Headquarters, where he investigated allegations of serious employee misconduct throughout the FBI. While assigned to the Houston Field Office, he served as an SSA of a drug squad, with investigative responsibility for organized crime investigations, and as supervisor of a group comprised of FBI and DEA special agents. He also created and managed the Houston Field Office’s first National Infrastructure Protection Center Squad.

In 2001, Mr. Finch was appointed as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Knoxville Field Office, where he assumed management responsibility for all investigative and administrative programs. In 2003, he was promoted to Inspector at FBI Headquarters, where he was responsible for managing the inspections of FBI field offices, FBI Headquarters divisions, and FBI Legal Attaché offices outside the United States.

In 2004, Director Mueller selected Mr. Finch to be Special Agent in Charge of the Milwaukee Field Office. In 2006, he returned to FBI Headquarters as Assistant Director of the Cyber Division.

Mr. Finch was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL). He was an active member of the Nebraska Army National Guard from 1978 to 1984. He completed the ROTC program at UNL and was commissioned as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer in 1982. He worked for IBM in sales from 1982 to1984. Mr. Finch is married and the proud father of three children.

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