WASHINGTON -- The Comptroller of the Currency named
John G. Walsh his Chief of Staff and Public Affairs, today.
Mr. Walsh will join the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on October 17, 2005, from the Group
of Thirty, where he has served since 1992, and as its Executive Director since
1995. Prior to that, Mr. Walsh served
on the Senate Banking Committee from 1986 to 1992 and as an international
economist for the U.S. Department of Treasury from 1984 to 1986. Mr. Walsh also served with the Office of
Management and Budget as an international program analyst, with the Mutual
Broadcasting System, and in the U.S. Peace Corps in Ghana.
As Chief of Staff and
Public Affairs, Mr. Walsh will provide expert policy advice and serve as senior
advisor to the Comptroller on all matters.
“John is a talented,
pragmatic, and experienced person who has worked on a broad range of issues
with Congress, the other regulatory agencies and the banking industry,” said
John C. Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency.
“I look forward to him joining our team and further strengthening the
superb group of senior executives we have at the OCC.”
Mr. Walsh holds a
Master’s in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University (1978) and graduated magna cum laude from the University of
Notre Dame in 1973. He is a resident of
Catonsville, Md., where he lives with his wife and four children.
Mr. Walsh replaces Mark
A. Nishan, who has served as Chief of Staff since 1999. Mr. Nishan will remain a member of the OCC’s
Executive Committee as the Executive Officer for Leadership, Learning and
Workplace Fairness. Mr. Nishan will
oversee issues related to succession planning, leadership development and other
strategic human capital concerns.
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The Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency was created by Congress to charter national banks,
to oversee a nationwide system of banking institutions, and to assure that
national banks are safe and sound, competitive and profitable, and capable of
serving in the best possible manner the banking needs of their customers.