William Owens

Governor William Owens has served on our board of directors since March 2021.

Governor Owens is a Senior Director at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a US-based international law firm with 40 offices worldwide.

Since 2011, he has served on the board of Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE) where he is Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee.

Since 2013, Mr. Owens has served as Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Governance/Compensation Committee of the Credit Bank of Moscow, a $50 billion (assets) bank which is Russia’s sixth largest bank overall and its second largest investor-owned bank.

Mr. Owens was elected to two terms as Governor of Colorado, from 1999 to 2007, and was re-elected by the largest margin in Colorado history. He was called “The Best Governor in America” in a cover story in National Review and was elected by his colleagues to serve as Chair of both the Western Governors Association and the Republican Governors Association. Governor Owens was a regular participant in the national policy debate, appearing frequently on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Morning News, and The Wall Street Journal Report.

Prior to his election as Governor, he served as State Treasurer of Colorado for four years where he was responsible for the management of a $4 billion portfolio.

He also served for four years on the board of Federal Signal Colorado’s $25 billion pension fund – the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA).