President Obama Taps Treasury Adviser Adewale
Adeyemo for International Economics Post


President Barack Obama has tapped Adewale “Wally”
Adeyemo, who served in top roles at the Treasury
Department, to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy
national security adviser for international economic affairs.
Ms. Atkinson has served in her current post since June 2013,
a position that includes coordinating U.S. participation in the
annual summits of the Group of 20 and Group of Seven
countries. Ms. Atkinson also played key roles in the recently
concluded climate negotiations in Paris and in pushing
the White House’s trade agenda, including the Trans-Pacific
Partnership trade agreement.
Mr. Adeyemo, 34, joined the White House’s National
Economic Council as deputy director this fall from the
Treasury, where he served most recently as the deputy chief
of staff to Secretary Jacob Lew. He was the Treasury’s lead
negotiator on the currency agreement that was part of the
Pacific trade deal.
Mr. Adeyemo also worked on Treasury’s response to crises
in Ukraine and Greece and in 2010 was one of the first
officials charged with standing up the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau.
In a statement, Mr. Obama thanked Ms. Atkinson for her
service and said he was grateful that Mr. Adeyemo would
carry on her work. Mr. Adeyemo had been nominated by
Mr. Obama to serve as assistant Treasury secretary for
international markets and development, but a White House
official said Mr. Adeyemo had asked the president to
withdraw the nomination given his new role.
Mr. Lew said that Mr. Adeyemo had “developed a network of
international relationships in economic offices around the
world to promote U.S. interests effectively.” Former Treasury
Secretary Tim Geithner said Mr. Adeyemo, who joined the
administration in 2009, was a “natural diplomat with a great
feel for policy.”
The position has served as a springboard to even higher
profile international finance posts. Michael Froman, who is
currently the U.S. trade representative, held the post under
both Mr. Obama and President Bill Clinton. Federal
Reserve governor Lael Brainard, who previously served as
a senior Treasury official in the Obama administration, held
the post in the Clinton administration.


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madridguy:
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