Speaker: Ambassador David Mulford, former US Ambassador to India, Vice Chairman International of Credit Suisse Day: Wednesday 29 October, 15:00—16:00 Venue: Room A130, College Building, City University London Registration is advised (city.ac.uk/events/2014/oct/packing-for-india.-a-life-of-action-in-global-finance-and-diplomacy) The Department of International Politics at City welcomes Ambassador David Mulford to give a talk on his new book ‘Packing for India. A Life of Action in Global Finance and Diplomacy’. Ambassador David Mulford is Vice Chairman International of Credit Suisse. He rejoined Credit Suisse in March of 2009 after spending five years as US Ambassador to India. Ambassador Mulford came to India in early 2004, at a time when India - US relations were undergoing a dramatic shift and the strategic partnership between New Delhi and Washington was gaining momentum as the two sides began working more closely together on an unprecedented range of issues. Ambassador Mulford negotiated the US-India Civil Nuclear Initiative from March 2005 through its final agreement as The United States -India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Non-proliferation Enhancement Act in October 2008. Before being nominated as the US Ambassador to India, Dr. Mulford served as Chairman International and Member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse, based in London. Dr Mulford was Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs during 1984 to 1992. He served as the senior international economic policy official at the Treasury under Secretaries Regan, Baker and Brady. Among the highlights of Dr. Mulfords responsibilities and accomplishments at the Treasury Department include: US Deputy for coordination of economic policies with other G-7 industrial nations; Head of the Administrations Yen/Dollar negotiations with Japan; the Administrations senior advisor on financial assistance to Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union; leadership of the Administrations international debt strategy, and the development and implementation of the Baker / Brady Plans and President Bushs Enterprise Initiative for the Americas. Dr Mulford received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University, an MA in Political Science from Boston University and a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. He is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. About the Book David Mulford takes us on a fascinating and personal journey through momentous world events and shifts in global finance. Read, learn, and enjoy.—George P. Shultz, former U.S. secretary of state “David Mulford has few equals in the field of international finance. This book is an American story of adventure, persistence, and accomplishment.”—Nicholas F. Brady, former U.S. secretary of the treasury “A distinguished ambassador to India, an undersecretary of the U.S. treasury, and an eminent banker in private, Mulford has put forward the trajectory of a fascinating life, much of it given to public service.”—Henry Kissinger, former national security advisor and secretary of state
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