Brent McIntosh

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Brent McIntosh
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Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
In office
September 2019 –January 20, 2021

Brent James McIntosh is an American attorney who served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 2017 to 2019. He previously served as General Counsel [ citation needed ] of the United States Treasury. Prior to his government service, McIntosh was a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and was co-head of the firm's cybersecurity practice. [2] Mcintosh is now Citigroup's chief legal officer & corporate secretary. [3]

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Early life and education

McIntosh was born in Lansing, Michigan, and raised in Williamston. His mother is a retired teacher, and his father is the founder of McNeer Company, a structural engineering firm based in Williamston.

McIntosh received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He was a law clerk to Judge Dennis Jacobs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Laurence Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. [4] [5]

Career

Department of Justice and White House

From 2004 to 2006, he worked at the Office of Legal Policy at the United States Department of Justice, serving in part as a deputy assistant attorney general. He was an associate counsel to President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2009, as well as a deputy assistant to the president and deputy staff secretary. [4]

U.S. Department of the Treasury

In May 2019, President Trump nominated McIntosh to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. [6] The U.S. Senate confirmed him on September 18, 2019, by a vote of 54–38. [7] [8] In March 2020, he was the Treasury Department official overseeing several programs providing unprecedented financial assistance to the U.S. airline industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

Following his stint at Treasury, McIntosh joined the Council on Foreign Relations as an adjunct senior fellow for international economics and finance. [10]

Citigroup

On September 27, Citigroup named McIntosh as its new general counsel and corporate secretary. [11] At Citigroup, McIntosh leads banks's Global Legal Affairs & Compliance organization, which includes the Legal Department, Independent Compliance Risk Management, Citi Security and Investigative Services and Citi's Regulatory Strategy and Policy function. [12]

Civil Society

McIntosh is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Alexander Hamilton Society, the American Society of International Law, the Bretton Woods Committee, and the Federalist Society. The New York Law Journal named him a "rising star" in 2013. [2]

Personal life

In 2001, McIntosh married Laura Ahn, an attorney. The two met at Yale Law School, where Ahn was the editor of the Yale Law Journal and McIntosh was an articles editor. Ahn worked as an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and is now a consulting attorney for the firm, specializing in corporate law. [13] [14]

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  4. 1 2 "Trump names Michigan lawyer as Treasury counsel". The Detroit News. March 14, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Eslinger, Bonnie (March 14, 2017). "Trump Taps Sullivan, Proskauer, Greenberg Attys For Posts". Law360. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ Davidson, Kate (May 21, 2019). "Two Top Treasury Officials Promoted to New Posts". Wall Street Journal– via www.wsj.com.
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  9. ↑ Stein, Jeff. "Treasury eyes new roles for top officials as they scramble to implement $2 trillion stimulus package". Washington Post. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Brent McIntosh". Council on Foreign Relations.
  11. ↑ "Citigroup appoints former U.S. Treasury official as general counsel - memo". Reuters. September 27, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Brent McIntosh General Counsel & Corporate Secretary". Citi Group.
  13. ↑ "WEDDINGS; Laura Ahn, Brent McIntosh". The New York Times. August 5, 2001. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 20, 2020.
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