Dennis Lockhart
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Dennis Lockhart is the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Lockhart is responsible for all activities, including monetary policy, bank supervision and regulation, and payment services. Prior to his role at the bank, he served on the faculty of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. In 2002-2007, Lockhart was chairman of the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds, a sponsor/operator of emerging markets venture capital/private equity funds. Previously, he was managing partner at the private equity firm Zephyr Management LP, president of Heller International Group at Heller Financial and an executive at Citicorp. In 2000, he served as chairman of the advisory committee of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Lockhart earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.A. in international economics and American foreign policy from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He also attended the Senior Executive Program at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.