Anthony W. Ryan was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets on December 18, 2006.
As the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Anthony Ryan serves as senior adviser to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary on broad matters of domestic finance, financial markets, Federal, State and local finance including the Federal debt, Federal Government credit policies, lending and privatization. He oversees issues involving Treasury financing, public debt management, Federal regulation of financial markets and related economic matters including regulatory issues in the Government securities markets and the futures markets.
Mr. Ryan also serves as the senior member of the Treasury Financing Group and coordinates the inter-agency President's Working Group on Financial Markets. In addition, he oversees the Office of Debt Management and the Office of Government Financial Policy, as well as the operations of a set of commissions and board staff.
Prior to his confirmation as Assistant Secretary, Mr. Ryan served as a Senior Advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson. In that capacity he provided counsel to the Secretary and the Treasury Chief of Staff on key policy matters. Mr. Ryan also coordinated issues within the Department and its bureaus, as well as with the White House and other agencies.
Before joining the Treasury Department, Mr. Ryan spent 20 years in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was a partner of Grantham, Mayo, van Otterloo & Co, LLC (GMO). Prior to GMO, Mr. Ryan was a portfolio manager and business executive for global institutional asset management firms including State Street Corporation and The Boston Company.
Mr. Ryan graduated from the University of Rochester in 1985, and received his Masters Degree from the London School of Economics & Political Science in 1986. He and his wife, Ann, and four children live in Washington, D.C.
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