Richard Fisher Joins AT&T Board of Directors
June 26 2015 - 9:18AM
Business Wire
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has appointed Richard W. Fisher to its
board of directors. Mr. Fisher served as the president and CEO of
the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2005 until March 2015, and
as a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001, where he
oversaw the implementation of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. He will serve on the Corporate Development and Finance
Committee of AT&T’s board of directors.
“Richard brings extraordinary banking and foreign policy
experience to our board,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&T
chairman and CEO. “His extensive financial, trade and regulatory
expertise, along with his deep understanding of Mexico and Latin
America, make him an invaluable addition to an already strong and
diverse board of directors representing AT&T shareholders.”
Prior to heading the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Mr. Fisher
was vice chairman of Kissinger McLarty Associates, a strategic
advisory firm chaired by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Before that, Mr. Fisher served as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
for President Clinton, where he oversaw the implementation of NAFTA
and significant trade agreements with Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Chile
and Singapore. Mr. Fisher was also a senior member of the team that
negotiated China’s and Taiwan’s entry into the World Trade
Organization. He served as a special assistant to the secretary of
the Treasury under President Carter, working on issues related to
the dollar crisis of 1978-1979. And he also founded investment
management firms Fisher Capital Management and Fisher Ewing
Partners. Mr. Fisher began his career at Brown Brothers Harriman
& Co., a private banking firm, where he established the
company’s Texas operations.
Mr. Fisher serves on Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and
on the board of directors of PepsiCo. Throughout his career, he has
served on numerous other corporate and not-for-profit boards.
Born in Mexico, Fisher holds a B.A. from Harvard University and
an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He also attended the U.S. Naval
Academy and Oxford University.
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