Residence: New York, USA

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of Cyprus PCL

First elected: 2014

Personal Information

Year of birth: 1937

Nationality:    USA

Career

Since 2000      Founder, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of WL Ross & Co. LLC, Private Equity Firm 

Education

Harvard Business School, M.B.A. (with distinction)

Yale University, B.A.

Other Professional Memberships

Member of the Board of Directors of ArcelorMittal

Member of the Board of Directors of Diamond S Shipping

Member of the Board of Directors of EXCO Resources, Inc.

Member of the Board of Directors of Sun Bancorp

Trustee of the Brookings Institution and Chairman of its Economic Studies Council

Member of the Yale University School of Management Board of Advisors

Member of the Harvard Business School Dean's Advisory Board

Appointed by former U.S. President Clinton to the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Russia Investment Fund

Served as Privatization Advisor to New York City Mayor Guiliani

Awarded Order of Industrial Merit by the Korean Government

Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Stars by the Japanese Government

Elected to both the Turnaround Management Hall of Fame and the Private Equity Hall of Fame