U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox today announced the creation of a new office within the agency to lead the transformation to interactive financial reporting by public companies.

The SEC tapped David Blaszkowsky, 45, to head the new office as director of interactive disclosure. Blaszkowsky is an 11-year veteran of McGraw-Hill, whose career includes seven years with the firm’s Standard & Poor’s division as director of global market development for institutional market services, and as a senior director in equity research services.

At the SEC, Blaszkowsky will coordinate the agency-wide disclosure modernization program, and will work with investor groups, analysts, journalists, and preparers of financial statements as well as other key public and private sector stakeholders in the US and around the world to advance the use of interactive data in financial reporting.

“David’s combination of capital markets and technology development experience will be a tremendous asset to the commission as we transform disclosure to make it easier for filers and more useful for investors,” said Cox, in a news release. “Helping improve our capital markets through lower-cost, faster, and more useful information is the heart of this mission, and it’s a mission he is uniquely qualified to lead.”

Blaszkowsky said, “I’m honored to be selected to help improve information for investors and look forward to working closely with my new colleagues across the agency to accomplish this mission.”