Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has appointed Frank Bisignano, head of the Social Security Administration, to also serve as the first-ever chief executive officer of the Internal Revenue Service, a move that bypasses the Senate confirmation process. Bessent will remain the IRS’s acting commissioner.
“I am honored that Secretary Bessent has asked me to serve in this position,” Bisignano wrote in an email to SSA employees Monday, highlighting his experience managing “multiple mission-critical organizations at the same time.” He pointed to his tenure at JPMorgan Chase in the 2000s, when he was both co-chief operating officer and CEO of its mortgage banking unit.
“Frank is a businessman with an exceptional track record of driving growth and efficiency in the private and now public sector,” Bessent said in a statement, citing shared “customer service and technological goals” between the IRS and SSA.
