2009: Andrew Crockett

Sir Andrew Crockett
on
Navigating Turbulent Waters:
Central Banks and the Global Financial Crisis 

Thursday, May 7, 2009 from 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Albert M. Bender Room, Bing Wing
Cecil H. Green Library, Stanford University

Sir Andrew Crockett is President of JPMorgan Chase International, and a member of the Executive Committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Before joining JPMorgan Chase, Mr. Crockett had been General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, serving two five-year terms. At the request of the G-7 Finance Ministers, he also served from 1999-2003 as the first Chairman of the Financial Stability Forum. Earlier in his career, Mr. Crockett had held senior positions at the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund. Mr. Crockett has also served in the past as Chairman of Working Party 3 of the OECD, as Alternate Governor of the IMF for the United Kingdom, as a member of the Monetary Committee of the European Union, and as a Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation. He is currently a member of the Group of 30, Chairman of the Per Jacobsson Foundation, member of the International Council of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, member of the International Council of the China Development Bank, Director of the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (Malaysia), and a trustee of the American University of Beirut. He is the author of several books on economic and financial subjects, as well as numerous articles in scholarly publications. Born in Glasgow in 1943, Mr. Crockett was educated at Cambridge and Yale universities. He is married with three children.

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