Orin Kramer

Orin Kramer is an American financier.

Education

He received his B.A. from Yale College and J.D. from Columbia Law School.

Career

From 1981 to 1983, Kramer was a member of the financial institutions group at the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Co. From 1977 to 1981, he served as Associate Director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff. Previously, Kramer had been an associate with the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and executive director of the New York State Commission on Living Costs and the Economy.

In 1986, he served as vice-chairman and executive director of a special commission appointed by Governor Cuomo to study the liability insurance crisis and civil justice reform, and he co-authored the New York DeWind Commission report on product deregulation for banks. Kramer has published two books and a number of studies on the financial services industry. He has taught financial institutions law at Columbia Law School.

In 1995, he was designated by the Secretary of Treasury to serve as a member of the Advisory Commission on Financial Services. In 1992, he served as a coordinator of President-elect Clinton’s transition team on financial services issues. In 1990, he was appointed by the Governor of California as executive director of the California Commission on Ratemaking for Workers Compensation Insurance.

In 2007, he was appointed by the Pennsylvania State Treasurer as a member of the Financial Asset Management Commission. He was named by President Clinton as a member of the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting.

In 2009 he received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the 8th annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards.^[1]

Kramer is a general partner of Boston Provident, L.P., director of Ariel Holdings Ltd. and has served on the boards of other financial services firms, public and private. He is Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council and President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Leadership Council.He is a member of the executive committee of the board of directors of the Alliance for Climate Protection an advisory board member for the Toigo Foundation and a Senior Advisor for BSE US Bank Opportunity Fund.

References

1. ^ [1] Official Web site, Retrieved June 2011

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