Wally Adeyemo

Wally Adeyemo is Barclays’ Group Head of Strategy and Transformation and a part of the Group Executive Committee. He previously served as the 15th U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, serving as the department’s second-highest ranking official and Chief Operating Officer. In addition to driving the implementation of Treasury’s strategic plan, Wally led the agency’s work on financial sector issues that overlapped with national security, such as cyber security, financial crimes, sanctions, and other issues.

Prior to Treasury, Wally served as Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics, and as the US representative for the G7 and G20. He also was a senior adviser at BlackRock to chairman and CEO Larry Fink. A member of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group and the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, Wally is currently a distinguished fellow at the Columbia University Institute of Global Politics and Center for Global Energy Policy.