John A. McAdams

Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Export Finance
Export-Import Bank of the United States

John A. McAdams is chief operating officer of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and senior vice president of the Bank’s Export Finance Group.  In addition to his responsibilities as chief operating officer, he is the senior officer responsible for all of the Bank's short-, medium- and long-term loan guarantee and insurance programs, including Aircraft and Project Finance.

Before assuming his current posts, McAdams served as senior vice president of Credit and Risk Management, where he oversaw risk management including credit underwriting, credit review and compliance, country risk and economic analysis, and engineering and environmental analysis.

McAdams joined Ex-Im Bank from the Bank of America, where he held a number of executive management positions in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, including responsibilities for trade finance, corporate banking in the Midwest and New England markets, and oversight of the Asia-Pacific region.  In those capacities, he had P&L responsibility and managed diverse banking functions, to include developing business strategies, profitably growing several businesses, and developing competent and effective executives.  His last position at Bank of America was president of Private Bank for the mid-Atlantic region.

McAdams received a Master of Business Administration degree from DePaul University, Chicago, IL, and a B.S. degree from Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA.  He serves on the board of WETA, a public radio and television affiliate in Washington, D.C.

Revised: March 25, 2008