Barclays Appoints Richard Fisher as a Senior Advisor
30 June 2015 - 5:08AM
Business Wire
Barclays today announced the appointment of Richard Fisher,
former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas, as a Senior Advisor, effective July 1, 2015.
“Richard’s appointment demonstrates the strength of our
franchise and our dedication to providing clients with best in
class service and differentiated insights,” said Tom King, Chief
Executive Officer of the Investment Bank at Barclays. “His
exceptional knowledge and extensive experience in monetary policy,
financial markets and services, global trade negotiations and
regulatory matters will be of tremendous value to Barclays and to
our clients.”
Mr. Fisher served as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas from April 2005 to March 2015. Prior to this, he was
Vice Chairman of Kissinger McLarty Associates, a strategic advisory
firm. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Fisher was Deputy United States Trade
Representative with the rank of Ambassador. In this role,
Ambassador Fisher oversaw the implementation of the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the largest trading relationship of
the United States. He also negotiated the U.S.-Korea Auto Agreement
of 1998; the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement, signed in
2001; and the initiation of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade
Agreement. In addition, Ambassador Fisher played a key role in
negotiating the U.S.-China agreement for Chinese accession to the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and, separately, the accession of
Taiwan to the WTO.
Before joining the Office of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR), from 1987 to 1997 Mr. Fisher was Managing
Partner of Fisher Capital Management, an investment advisory firm
he founded, and Fisher Ewing Partners, a separate funds management
firm. Prior to that he was Senior Manager of the private banking
firm Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., where he began his career
in 1975. For a period from 1977 to 1979 he served in the U.S.
Treasury Department as Assistant to the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Mr. Fisher currently serves on the Boards of PepsiCo and
AT&T.
Mr. Fisher said: “I am delighted to be joining Barclays, a
leader in global finance and a values-driven organization. I very
much look forward to working with the team and playing a role in
helping clients achieve their business objectives.”
About Barclays
Barclays is an international financial services provider engaged
in personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and
wealth management with an extensive presence in Europe, the
Americas, Africa and Asia. Barclays’ purpose is to help people
achieve their ambitions – in the right way. With 325 years of
history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50
countries and employs over 130,000 people. Barclays moves, lends,
invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. For
further information about Barclays, please visit our website
www.barclays.com.
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