Officials

Back to Officials

Offical

Name: Lambright, Jim
Current Position: Former Chairman and President

A native of St. Louis, MO, Jim Lambright served as chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States beginning in July 2005, after serving as the bank’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. His term as chairman and president ended January 20, 2009.

 
Lambright received a bachelor of arts in linguistics from Stanford University, and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School.
 
Prior to joining Ex-Im Bank in 2001, Lambright worked for Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. in Los Angeles, where he was vice president of private equity. There, he specialized in the underwriting and negotiation of real estate and venture capital transactions.
 
On October 22, 2008, the Treasury Department named Lambright to serve as chief investment officer of the Troubled Asset Relief Program on an interim basis until the position was filled permanently.
 
Lambright is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.
 
Bookmark and Share