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•BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS•
Part II: Outreach
Annex II:
Biographical Notes on the Speakers
Mr. Svein Andresen is the Secretary General of the Financial Stability Forum, a position he has held since
the Forum’s establishment in 1999. Prior to this appointment, he was a Special Advisor to the General
Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, from 1997 till 1999. He headed the Secretariat to the
G-10 Central Banks on Financial Issues from 1995 till 1997, and was Secretary of the Committee on the
Global Financial System (formerly the Euro-currency Standing Committee) from 1992 till 1997. In his
capacities at the BIS and the FSF, Mr. Andresen has been involved in a variety of international efforts to
strengthen the functioning and stability of financial systems. Prior to joining the BIS, Mr. Andresen was an
assistant professor of economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Robert R. Bliss is a senior financial economist and economic advisor in the Research Department of
the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Before joining the Bank in January 1999 he was at the Bank of
England, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Indiana University. His research interests are modeling
the term structure of interest rates, interest rate derivatives, and risk management. Mr. Bliss earned his
doctorate in finance from the University of Chicago.
Mr. Pierre Cailleteau has been working in the secretariat of the Financial Stability Forum in Basel for more
than a year, and, as part of his assignment, assists the working group on deposit insurance in the setting up
of international guidance. From 1996 to 1999, he was Head of the International Capital Market Division of
the Banque de France. From 1993 to 1996, he was Advisor to the French Executive Director at the IMF, and
from 1990 to 1993 worked at the Banque de France on monetary integration in Europe.
Mr. Greg S. Cowper joined the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) as its Policy Advisor in
1997. Since that time, he has worked with other federal government agencies on the development of new
Canadian financial services legislation, contributed to the development of CDIC by-laws and, participated
in the work of the Financial Stability Forum’s Working Group on Deposit Insurance. Prior to joining
CDIC, Mr. Cowper held the position of Advisor on Economic Development Policy in the Office of the
Prime Minister (PMO). While in the PMO, Mr. Cowper worked closely with the Economic Policy
Committee of Cabinet, which dealt with a range of economic files including financial services reform. Mr.
Cowper began his career as a policy analyst with Environment Canada in 1992.
Born in Ottawa, Mr. Cowper holds an MBA in international finance and management (Ottawa University),
an MA in public policy (Dalhousie University), and an Honours BA in political science (Queen’s
University).
Dr. Robert Eisenbeis is senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
In addition to advising the Bank president on monetary policy and related matters, Dr. Eisenbeis oversees
the research, public affairs, and statistical reports departments. He also serves as a member of the Bank’s
Management and Discount Committees.
Before joining the Atlanta Fed in May 1996, Dr. Eisenbeis was the Wachovia Professor of Banking and associate
dean for research at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. He joined the faculty in 1982 as Wachovia Professor of Banking and subsequently became coordinator
of finance. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Eisenbeis worked in the public policy arena —
at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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