David Walker (chairman)

Sir David Walker(b.1940), a British banker, was the chairman of Morgan Stanley International.

He was chairman from 1995 to 2001, and then again from 2004 to 2005. [ "Business big shot: Sir David Walker" by James Rossiter. The Times July 4, 2007. [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/executive_movers/article2023042.ece The Times, July 4, 2007] ]

He had previously held the positions of Assistant Secretary at the Treasury, (1974-77), chairman of the Securities and Investments Board (1988-92), Executive Director for finance and industry at the Bank of England (1989-95), and Deputy Chairman of Lloyds TSB (1992-94). In 1994 Walker also joined the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.

In 2007 Walker was commissioned by the UK private equity industry to produce guidelines for disclosure and transparency in private equity [ [http://walkerworkinggroup.com/sites/10051/files/wwg_report_final.pdf Guidelines for Disclosure and Transparency in Private Equity] ] .

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