WASHINGTON Mark Levonian has been named Deputy Comptroller
for Modeling and Analysis, a new position at the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency (OCC).
Mr. Levonian will oversee quantitative modeling support for
bank supervision, economic research and policy analysis.
Mark will occupy a key position at the OCC, said Jeffrey
Brown, Senior Deputy Comptroller for International and Economic Affairs. His excellent background in economics,
quantitative risk modeling, and the application of those fields to bank
supervision will assist the OCC in providing leadership in these increasingly
important disciplines.
Mr. Levonian most recently was vice president, banking
supervision and regulation at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. For the last few years he has led the
Federal Reserves initiative to prepare to implement the quantitative aspect of
the Basel capital reform. Previously,
he was Officer in Charge of Banking Studies at the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York. In addition, Mr. Levonian has
served as senior economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia, a lecturer at the
University of California, Berkeley, and a lecturer on risk management
techniques at the IMF Institute.
Mr. Levonian has a B.A. in economics from the University of
California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in economics from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
#
# #
|
The OCC charters, regulates
and examines approximately 2,000 national banks and 51 federal branches of
foreign banks in the U.S., accounting for more than 56 percent of the
nations banking assets. Its mission is to ensure a safe and sound and
competitive national banking system that supports the citizens, communities
and economy of the United States.
|