John Dearie

John Dearie is Executive Vice President for Policy at the Financial Services Forum.  He joined the Forum in January 2001.

The Forum is a financial and economic policy organization comprised of the chief executive officers of 20 of the largest financial institutions with operations in the United States. As a group, the Forum’s member institutions employ more than 2 million people in 175 countries and hold combined assets of more than $19 trillion – an amount greater than the annual economic output of the United States, Germany, and China combined. The purpose of the Forum is to pursue policies that encourage savings and investment, promote an open and competitive global marketplace, and ensure the opportunity of people everywhere to participate fully and productively in the 21st-century global economy.

Issues comprising the Forum’s recent agenda include: reform and modernization of the U.S. framework of financial supervision; enhancing the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets; educating policymakers regarding the importance of private capital in fueling economic growth and development around the world; preserving the 50-year consensus for free trade by promoting policies that help more Americans participate in the gains of globalization; financial sector modernization and expanded market access in China; CFIUS reform and encouraging cross-border investment; and litigation and tax policy reform.

Mr. Dearie spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the central bank of the United States, where he held positions in the Banking Studies, Foreign Exchange, and Policy and Analysis areas.  He was appointed an Officer of the Bank in 1996.  In addition to his regular duties, Mr. Dearie also served as a speechwriter for New York Fed presidents E. Gerald Corrigan and William J. McDonough.

Prior to joining the Forum, Mr. Dearie was Managing Director of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC), a not-for-profit, public-private partnership whose mission is to help build sound banking and financial systems in developing countries by structuring technical assistance and training missions staffed by financial sector professionals who serve as unpaid volunteers.

Mr. Dearie’s writing has appeared in the The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Hill, Politico, American Banker, USA Today, and China’s Caijing Magazine.

Mr. Dearie was educated at the University of Notre Dame and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.  He is the author of two novels and lives with his wife and two children in Alexandria, Virginia.