Robert K. Steel - April 27, 2011
Robert Steel is the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, New York City; served as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance of the United States Treasury, as president and CEO of Wachovia Corporation, and as vice chair of Goldman Sachs. Following a long, successful career in Finance and as a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Steel served as President Bush’s Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the U.S. Department of Treasury and helped lead several national nonprofit organizations. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appointed former Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the U.S. Department of Treasury Robert K. Steel as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development. From 2006 to 2008, Deputy Mayor Steel served as chief advisor to the Treasury Secretary on financial and economic matters. Prior to that appointment, he spent 28 years at Goldman Sachs, ultimately rising to co-head of the U.S. Equities Division and Vice Chairman of the firm. He later co-founded SeaChange Capital Partners, a national nonprofit that helps nonprofits grow. After leaving the Treasury Department, Deputy Mayor Steel became president and CEO of Wachovia bank, leading its business-saving merger with Wells Fargo. He currently serves as Board chair of the After School Corporation and the Aspen Institute. He advised the Administration in 2006 during the formation of its report on sustaining New York City's and the US's global competitiveness in financial services.
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