SEC enforcement accountant Markel to depart

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that its chief accountant for the Division of Enforcement, Susan G. Markel, will leave the agency next month.

After departing the SEC, she will become a managing director in the corporate-investigations practice of AlixPartners LLP, in the Southfield, Mich., headquarters of the global business advisory firm.

Ms. Markel’s tenure at the SEC dates back to 1994 when she was a staff accountant in the Division of Enforcement before being named associate chief accountant in 2000 and chief accountant in 2003.

At the SEC, she supervised and conducted a wide array of enforcement activities, including monitoring financial fraud and auditor independence.

An SEC spokeswoman declined to comment on Ms. Markel’s replacement.