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Clay Lowery

Executive Vice President, Research and Policy

As the Executive Vice President, Mr. Lowery oversees the departments responsible for macroeconomic analysis, international financial regulation, financial technology, and specific policy areas such as debt transparency and analysis, and sustainable finance.  

Over the previous eight years, Mr. Lowery helped build and was Managing Director of the Rock Creek Global Advisors consulting firm.  

Mr. Lowery also served in the U.S. Government for 16 years and held positions at the National Security Council and a number of positions at the U.S. Treasury Department, including serving as the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs from 2005 to 2009 where he managed a 200-person team responsible for economic and financial diplomacy, monetary and banking issues, currency strategy, and trade and investment practices. 

Education

Mr. Lowery received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia (Phi Beta Kappa) and his MSc at the London School of Economics. 

Publications

Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 27: 2022 - 3 Financial Stories, 2 Potential Pivots, and a Final Podcast of the Year
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 26: The Elves are Building the Green Toolbox - An Introduction to Blended Finance
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 25: ’Tis the Season… For an Oil Price Cap
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 24: Red Wave Barely a Ripple
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 23: Looking at Brazil: Lula Returns 12 Years Later
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 22: U.K. Leadership Shuffle - A Poisoned Chalice?
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 21: Post-Meeting Overview: All Doom and Gloom?
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 20: Global Financial Policy Potpourri
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 19: US-China Tension
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 17: Emerging Market Vulnerabilities with Sergi Lanau, IIF's Deputy Chief Economist
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 16: The Falling Yen
Russia Sanctions: Adapting to a Moving Target
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 10: The Energy Wars Are On
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 6: The World Gabs about Finance: Preview of the Spring IMF/World Bank/G20 meetings
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 3: Squeezing Russia: Sanctions Update
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 2: Here comes the Fed
Current Account with Clay Lowery - Episode 1: Sustainable Finance, Ukraine and the Global Economy
Russia Sanctions: Climbing the Escalation Ladder
IIF Shares Its Regulatory Priorities With FSB Chairman Klaas Knot
FRT Episode 102: US Executive Order on Competition
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