Chairman, Harmon & Co., LLC; former President of the Export-Import Bank, United States

Jim Harmon is Chairman of Harmon & Co. LLC, a financial advisory firm organized in 2001. He is also Chairman of the Caravel Fund (International) Ltd., a frontier country emerging markets fund.

In 2004, Mr. Harmon was elected Chairman of the Board of the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Mr. Harmon served as the Chairman, President and CEO of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) until June 1, 2001. Nominated to a four-year term by President Clinton, Mr. Harmon was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June 1997. Ex-Im Bank is an independent U.S. government agency that finances the sales of U.S. goods and services to developing countries.

Prior to entering government service in 1997, Mr. Harmon was Chairman and CEO of Schroder Wertheim & Co. From 1974 to 1980, Mr. Harmon was a partner of Wertheim & Co. and Chairman of the investment banking committee.

Mr. Harmon is a member of the Board of Directors of Questar Corporation, an integrated natural gas exploration, distribution and pipeline company. He is a Senior Advisor to the Rothschild Group. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Brown University and Barnard College and a member of the Board of Directors of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Mr. Harmon is a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Global Development, Africare and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Harmon received a B.A. in English Literature from Brown University and an MBA in Finance from Wharton Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania.