WASHINGTON — Mark Levonian has been named Senior Deputy Comptroller for International and Economic Affairs, replacing Jeffrey A. Brown, who is retiring from government service.
Mr. Levonian has
served as Deputy Comptroller for Modeling and Analysis in the International and
Economic Affairs Department since April 2004, and oversaw quantitative modeling
support for bank supervision, economic research and policy analysis.
“Mark has an
excellent background in economics, quantitative risk modeling, and the
application of those fields to bank supervision,” said Comptroller of the
Currency John C. Dugan. “We are truly
fortunate that he has agreed to accept this challenge.”
Mr. Dugan also
thanked Mr. Brown for his service at the OCC.
“We congratulate Jeff Brown for his many significant contributions over
his 19 years at the agency and offer him our best wishes for success and
happiness in the years ahead.”
Prior to joining
the OCC, Mr. Levonian was vice president for banking supervision and regulation
at the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco.
Previously, he headed the Banking Studies Department at the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York. In addition, Mr. Levonian has served as
senior economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia,
lecturer in finance at the University
of California, Berkeley, and lecturer on risk management
techniques for the IMF Institute.
Mr. Levonian has
a B.A. in economics from the University
of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in economics from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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