ZURICH, Dec. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Credit
Suisse AG announced today that David C.
Mulford will leave the bank this month to take up an
appointment as Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover
Institution, Stanford University in the
new year. In this role, Mulford will focus on research, writing and
activities related to global economic integration, including the
legal and political environments of trade agreements and their
management. He will also concentrate his efforts on economic growth
in the Indian subcontinent and the trend of receding globalization
in developed economies. Mulford begins at the Hoover Institution on
January 15, 2017.
"We look forward to the extensive experience David brings in
international business and public service, particularly as we think
broadly about pressing trade and globalization issues facing our
country," stated Tom Gilligan,
director of the Hoover Institution. "David is a welcomed addition
to our team."
"I am honored to join such an esteemed group of exceptional
scholars and policy experts as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at
the Hoover Institution. I look forward to bringing my experience
and perspectives from both government service and international
finance to further advance the studies of globalization, emerging
economies and intergovernmental trade agreements," said
Mulford.
Since 2009, Mulford has been Vice Chairman International at
Credit Suisse, based in London and
New York, where he worked with a
range of clients across the bank, with a particular focus on
governments. Prior to 2009, he served as the US Ambassador to
India for five years, where he
worked to strengthen the strategic partnership between the world's
two largest multicultural democracies. Before his nomination to
Ambassador, Mulford worked at Credit Suisse from 1992 to 2004.
During this time, he served as Chairman and CEO of CSFB Limited and
later as Chairman International and member of the Executive Board
of Credit Suisse. He was responsible for leading Credit Suisse's
global privatization business, as well as other corporate and
government advisory assignments.
Mulford served as Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the
US Treasury for International Affairs from 1984 through 1992. He
worked as the senior investment advisor to the Saudi Arabian
Monetary Agency from 1974 to 1983. Prior to that, he was a Managing
Director and Head of International Finance at White, Weld &
Co., Inc., responsible for coordinating efforts with Credit Suisse
on international financial business from 1966 to 1974. He also
served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary
of the Treasury as a White House Fellow from 1965 to 1966, in the
first year of the White House fellowship Program.
Mulford holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University, an MA in Political Science from
Boston University and a BA in
Economics, cum laude, from Lawrence
University in Appleton,
WI.
David C. Mulford's full biography
is available for download on Credit Suisse's website.
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About the Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution,
Stanford University, is a public policy
research center devoted to the advanced study of economics,
politics, history, and political economy—both domestic and
foreign—as well as international affairs. With its eminent scholars
and world-renowned library and archives, the Hoover Institution
seeks to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that
promote economic opportunity and prosperity and secure and
safeguard peace for America and all mankind.
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