Advisory Board
William R. Rhodes
Vice Chair of Advisory Board
William R. Rhodes is an American banker and philanthropist. He is former chairman, CEO and president of Citibank, and senior vice chairman of Citigroup. He served in various senior executive positions at Citi from 1957 until his retirement from Citigroup on April 30, 2010.He gained worldwide reputation for international financial diplomacy in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000’s as a result of his leadership in helping manage the external-debt crises that involved developing nations and their creditors worldwide. During that period and in the 1990s, he headed the advisory committees of international banks that negotiated debt-restructuring agreements for Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Nicaragua and Iraq. In 1998, when the Republic of Korea experienced liquidity problems, he chaired the international bank group that negotiated the extension of short-term debt of the Korean banking system. In early 1999, at the request of the government of Brazil, he acted as worldwide coordinator to help implement the maintenance of trade and interbank lines by foreign commercial banks to Brazil. He has since served as a trusted advisor to governments, financial officials and corporations worldwide.
He is the director of the Private Export Funding Corporation; chairman emeritus of the U.S.-Korea Business Council; vice chairman of the National Committee on U.S. - China Relations; a director of the Korea Society; a member of the chairman’s advisory council and senior fellow of The Hudson Institute; a member of the Board at the Foreign Policy Association; and a former trustee of the Economic Club of New York. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Group of Thirty and the Advisory Council of the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Rhodes is a member of the Board of Directors of the Volcker Alliance; a member of European-American Chamber of Commerce New York and a member of the Executive Committee, Bretton Woods Committee Board of Directors. He is the first vice chairman emeritus of the Institute of International Finance and chairman emeritus of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas. He previously served as chairman of the New York Blood Center, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade and the U.S. Hong Kong Business Council.
William Rhodes is a life trustee of The New York-Presbyterian Hospital; a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Business Committee and Chairman’s Council, and chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Northfield Mount Hermon School. He has received decorations and honors from various governments and institutions, including an honorary doctorate in humane letters from his alma mater Brown University, where he established the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance; a member of Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University; Officer and Chevalier of France’s Legion of Honor; decorations from Poland, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Jamaica; and multiple awards from not-for-profit organizations such as the Africa-America Institute, Arab Bankers Association of North America, the America-Israel Friendship League and Sciences Po Foundation, Pro Mujer, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boy’s Scouts Award in recognition of his contributions to international banking and finance.
He authored the book BANKER TO THE WORLD: Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines of Global Finance. The book is available in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese and a separate edition published by Tata in India and the Sub-continent. The book has two editions in English and Spanish.
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Publications by William R. Rhodes
Banker to the World: Leadership Lessons From the Front Lines of Global Finance
In more than five decades with Citi, William "Bill" Rhodes, the firm's former senior vice chairman and senior international officer, has worked with senior business leaders, statesmen, and strongmen and brokered immense financial deals while looking across the table at finance ministers. More
From these and other experiences, Rhodes has learned a lifetime of lessons about managing amid crises--and, more important, how to lead prudently, decisively, and effectively to prevent crises from ever happening in the first place. In Banker to the World, Rhodes presents his collected wisdom, best-practices, analysis, and anecdotes in one essential volume on the creation of value through leadership--and on the importance of leading by one's values.
Recent Papers and Opinions by William R. Rhodes
“Who Is to Blame for the New Banking Crisis?”, In Project Syndicate, William R. Rhodes & Stuart P.M. Mackintosh consider the role that deregulation played in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, March 16, 2023
“Brace Yourself: Mass Inflation Warning”, American Consequences, December 2, 2021
“William Rhodes Remarks, Legion of Honor Ceremony Promotion to the rank of Commander”
Remarks by William R. Rhodes - CFS Advisory Board Chairman - at the ceremony promoting him to the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor by France, June 30, 2021
“Breakingviews - Guest view: Consider a debt for vaccines program” CFS Chairman of the Advisor Board William R. Rhodes and World Health Organization epidemiologist Cristina Valencia offer an intriguing idea to help ameliorate the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America... debt for vaccine swaps, March 9, 2021
“Critical Issues for the Bretton Woods Institutions”, Remarks by William R. Rhodes at the Bretton Woods 2014: The Founders and the Future Conference, September 3, 2014 Read remarks
“Bloomberg Radio Interview with Bill Rhodes” Vonnie Quinn, co-host of The Hays Advantage, interviewed Bretton Woods 2014: The Founders and the Future conference delegate Bill Rhodes, CEO and president of William R. Rhodes Global Advisors, September 3, 2014
“Today's Central Economic Challenges”, CFS Roundtable Presentation, December 5, 2013
Advisory Board
Randal K. Quarles
William R. Rhodes
Eduardo Aninat, Ph.D.
Sheila Bair
Senator Bill Bradley
Joyce Chang
M. Shafik Gabr
Charles Goodhart, CBE, FBA
Henry Kaufman, Ph.D.
Barbara G. Novick
Guillermo Ortiz, Ph.D.
Richard L. Sandor, Ph.D., Dr. Sc.h.c.
Myron S. Scholes, Ph.D.
The Honorable Carole L. Brookins (2010-20)
Judge Richard A. Posner (2010-20)
Experts
Sheila Bair
Advisory Board Member and Senior Fellow
William A. Barnett
Director / Advances in Monetary and Financial Measurement
David Beers
Senior Fellow / Sovereign Risk Analysis and Policy
Bradley J. Bondi Senior Fellow / Legal Studies
Kevin R. Brock Senior Fellow / Cybersecurity Strategy
Alvin Chua Senior Advisor
Stephen Dizard Special Counselor
John D. Feldmann Senior Fellow
Kate Flanagan Senior Fellow / Consumer Finance
Peter Flocos, Esq. (Trustee) Managing Director, Policy and Regulation
Patricia Wilson Fridley Senior Advisor
Diane B. Glossman
Senior Fellow / Financial Institutions
Lawrence Goodman President and Founder
Steve H. Hanke
Special Counselor
Steven Lofchie Senior Fellow / Legal Studies
Robin L. Lumsdaine Senior Fellow / International Finance
Jack Malvey Special Counselor
David X Martin Special Counselor
Ryan Scott Mattson Research Associate
Nicholas Sargen Senior Fellow / Global Markets and Investment Management
Charles Schott Senior Advisor
Kurt Schuler Senior Fellow / Financial History
Liting Su Research Associate
Jeff van den Noort Chief Technology Officer
Yubo Wang Senior Fellow / Financial Markets
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