Former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the Reagan and Bush Administrations and a chief commentator on NBC cable network’s CNBC since November 1991, William Seidman is well-positioned to give an insider’s perspective on the intricacies of the American financial services industry.
As part of the speaker series for the second annual Nassau Conference at the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau next month, Seidman will stress, in his address entitled “Navigating The Washington Beltway”, that international financial centres must understand the landscape outside their borders in order to be successful.
From 1985 to 1991, Mr. Seidman served as the Chairman of the FDIC under Presidents Reagan and Bush. He became the Chairman of the Resolution Trust Corporation in 1989 and served in that capacity until 1991. Prior to that, Mr Seidman served as President Reagan’s co-chair of the White House Conference on Productivity, President Ford’s Assistant of Economic Affairs and a member of the Arizona Governor’s Commission on Interstate Banking.
A former dean of Arizona State’s College of Business, Mr Seidman holds an A.B. from Dartmouth (Phi Beta Kappa), an LL.B. from Harvard Law School and a M.B.A. (with honors) from the University of Michigan.
The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, one of the largest business schools in the United States and internationally recognised for its leadership in supply chain management and services, has established The L. William Seidman Research Institute, focusing on applied research in economics.
Mr. Seidman also serves on the boards of Fiserv, Inc., Clark, Inc., GMAC Commercial Mortgage and GMAC Bank, Pottridge & Associates, Halfway Creek Production Company, Amstore, Inc., Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. and LML Payments Systems, Inc., Promontory Financial Group.
Additional details and registration procedures for The Nassau Conference 2006 are available at www.nassauconference.com.
The Nassau Guardian
