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Geoffrey Okamoto
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BWC would like to welcome new member Geoffrey Okamoto, former First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, and former Acting Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development for the United States Department of the Treasury.
Geoffrey is a managing director at Goldman Sachs, based in New York City. He leads the firm’s efforts on international public policy, coordinating cross-jurisdictional issues, and engaging with global policymakers. Geoffrey also assists clients on matters involving global economic and financial developments.
Prior to joining the firm, Geoffrey served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, charged with managing relationships with the G7 and G20, institutional strategy, lending policies, and risk management. He also oversaw surveillance of large economies and the eurozone, certain lending programs, and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to the IMF, Geoffrey served as Acting Under Secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs and
Acting Assistant Secretary for International Finance, where he oversaw global financial markets, international economic coordination, climate finance, as well as participation in the Financial Stability Board and international financial institutions. He also served as the Department’s negotiator on trade with China and on Brexit-related matters with the United Kingdom and European Union. Geoffrey also assisted several emerging market economies in financing their reform programs. For his service, he was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Award, the Treasury Department’s highest honor.
Earlier in his career, Geoffrey was on the senior staff of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee. He was also a consultant for KPMG serving financial sector clients.
Geoffrey is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a member of the Economic Club of New York. He also sits on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona. Geoffrey previously served as Chairman of the Alumni Board for Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and was an Atlantick-Brücke Young Leader.
Geoffrey earned a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University with a concentration in Banking, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He was also a visiting student at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
We appreciate his support for our mission, and we look forward to his engagement!
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Geoffrey Okamoto
LinkedIn | Mon, Feb 13, 2023
BWC would like to welcome new member Geoffrey Okamoto, former First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, and former Acting Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development for the United States Department of the Treasury.
Geoffrey is a managing director at Goldman Sachs, based in New York City. He leads the firm’s efforts on international public policy, coordinating cross-jurisdictional issues, and engaging with global policymakers. Geoffrey also assists clients on matters involving global economic and financial developments.
Prior to joining the firm, Geoffrey served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, charged with managing relationships with the G7 and G20, institutional strategy, lending policies, and risk management. He also oversaw surveillance of large economies and the eurozone, certain lending programs, and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to the IMF, Geoffrey served as Acting Under Secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs and
Acting Assistant Secretary for International Finance, where he oversaw global financial markets, international economic coordination, climate finance, as well as participation in the Financial Stability Board and international financial institutions. He also served as the Department’s negotiator on trade with China and on Brexit-related matters with the United Kingdom and European Union. Geoffrey also assisted several emerging market economies in financing their reform programs. For his service, he was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Award, the Treasury Department’s highest honor.
Earlier in his career, Geoffrey was on the senior staff of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee. He was also a consultant for KPMG serving financial sector clients.
Geoffrey is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a member of the Economic Club of New York. He also sits on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona. Geoffrey previously served as Chairman of the Alumni Board for Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and was an Atlantick-Brücke Young Leader.
Geoffrey earned a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University with a concentration in Banking, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He was also a visiting student at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
We appreciate his support for our mission, and we look forward to his engagement!