Richard R. Gildea

He was born in 1952. He holds a BA in History from the University of Massachusetts (1974) and an MA in International Economics, European Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (1984). He served in JP Morgan Chase from 1986 to 2015, wherein he held various senior management positions throughout his career. He was Emerging Markets Regional Manager for the Central and Eastern Europe Corporate Finance Group, London (1993-1997) and Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Restructuring, London (1997-2003), as well as Senior Credit Officer in EMEA Emerging Markets, London (2003-2007). From 2007 to 2015 he was Senior Credit Officer for JP Morgan’s Investment Bank Corporate Credit in EMEA Developed Markets, London and was appointed Senior Risk Representative to senior committees within the Investment Bank. He is currently a member of the Board of Advisors at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C., where he chairs the Finance Committee as well as a member of Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), London and of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank since July 2016.