Andrew Crockett

Andrew Crockett   (central banker)
Born	23 March 1943
Died	3 September 2012 (Age 69)
Nationality	US
Alma mater	Queens' College Cambridge, Yale University
IMF, BIS, Bank Of England, JP Morgan  Special Advisor to the Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee In office 2003 - 2012 Employer JPMorgan Chase dates are approximate  BIS/General Manager In office January 1994 - March 2003  Director of the Bank of England In office 1989 - 1993

Sir Andrew Duncan Crockett was a British banker, economist and public servant. He was the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). He attended the Bilderberg in 1998.

Background

Born in Glasgow, Crockett was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and Yale University.

Career

Crockett joined the Bank of England in 1966, and the International Monetary Fund in 1972. He was an executive director of the Bank of England from 1989 to 1993, before becoming General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in 1994. After retiring from the BIS in 2003, he joined JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. banking firm, where he was Special Advisor to the chairman and a member of the executive committee until shortly before his death.

Crockett was also a member of the Group of Thirty. He authored several books on economic and financial subjects, as well as numerous articles in scholarly publications.

He was knighted in 2003 and named European Banker of the Year in 2000

He died in San Francisco, California, aged 69, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1998	14 May 1998	17 May 1998	Scotland Turnberry	The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington

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