Darren Walker
 Darren Walker      (lawyer, banker, businessman) | ||||||||||
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| Born | August 28, 1959 Lafayette, Louisiana | |||||||||
| Residence | New York, US | |||||||||
| Nationality | United States | |||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin | |||||||||
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3, The Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican | |||||||||
Bilderberg big money manager for charitable foundations
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Darren Walker attended the Bilderberg for the first time in 2019. Earlier in his career, Walker worked as a lawyer and investment banker with UBS.
Career
Walker began his career in 1986 at the New York elite law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. In 1988, he joined Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) and spent seven years in its capital markets division.
In 1995, Walker left the corporation to spend a year volunteering at a school in Harlem. He went on to become the chief operating officer at Abyssinian Development Corporation, a community development organization also located in Harlem.
From 2002-2010, Walker was vice president for foundation initiatives at the Rockefeller Foundation, where he oversaw a wide range of programs in the United States and internationally.
He joined the CIA-linked Ford Foundation in 2010 as vice president for Education, Creativity and Free Expression, one of the foundation's three major program areas. He also oversaw Ford Foundation's regional programming in four offices based in Africa and the Middle East.
Activities
- Rockefeller Foundation's vice president
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2019 | 30 May 2019 | 2 June 2019 | Switzerland Montreux | The 67th Bilderberg Meeting |
