Mr. Robert Clarke

Council Member Biography

Robert Clarke is a Senior Partner and founder of the Financial Services Practice at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP in Houston, Texas. He regularly assists major banks in matters involving state and federal banking laws, regulations and supervisory agencies, mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions, strategic planning, independent counsel to boards of directors, new financial services products, management of regulatory risk and litigation support as an expert witness. As the founder of Bracewell & Giuliani's Global Financial Services Practice, he deals regularly with major banking institutions in the U.S. and has extensive experience in the ownership and operation of banks, banking laws and regulations, and bank supervision. Mr. Clarke was appointed by the President as U.S. Comptroller of the Currency from 1985 through 1992, supervising approximately 5,000 nationally chartered commercial banks which accounted for approximately two-thirds of the assets of the U.S. commercial banking system. He was a member of the boards of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Resolution Trust Corporation. Mr. Clarke has also participated as an advisor to the governments of Poland, Hungary, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Latvia, Romania, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong in their bank operations. Since April 2004, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Dubai Financial Services Authority. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1992 - Unspecified

Senior Partner, Financial Services, BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP

1985 - 1992

Comptroller, OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY

1969 - 1985

Partner & Chair, Financial Services, BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP