James A. Harmon

Co-Chair, WRI Global Board of Directors

Chairman, Caravel Management LLC; former President of the Export-Import Bank, United States

Bio

James Harmon is Chairman and CEO of Caravel Management LLC, the investment manager of the Caravel Fund (International) Ltd., an emerging and frontier markets fund that was launched in 2004.

In 2004, Mr. Harmon was elected Chairman of the Board of the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global policy and research institution.

Mr. Harmon is the Chairman of the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund, a private corporation seeded by U.S. Government funds to promote the development of the Egyptian private sector with a particular focus on small-and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s).

Mr. Harmon served as the Chairman, President and CEO of the Export-Import Bank of the United States from June 1997- June 2001. Ex-Im Bank assists in financing the export of US goods and services to international markets.

Prior to Ex-Im Bank, Mr. Harmon was Chairman and CEO of the investment bank, Schroder Wertheim & Co.

Mr. Harmon was the US Representative on the High Level Panel (HLP) for Infrastructure Investment 2011, a panel appointed by the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G20.

Mr. Harmon is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Trustee Emeritus of Brown University and Barnard College.

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

Blogs

Shifting Global Investments To Clean Energy
by James A. Harmon - July 29, 2013
When President Barack Obama announced the country’s first national climate strategy, many people wondered what it would mean across the nation. Yet, the strategy may carry even more significant implications overseas.

The plan restricts U.S. government funding for most international coal projects. This policy could significantly affect energy producers and public and private investors around the globe.
The New Frontier in Environmental Finance
by James A. Harmon - June 07, 2011
China’s overseas presence has brought a new way of doing business to the world.
Seizing the Moment: WRI's Strategic Plan
by James A. Harmon, Manish Bapna and Jonathan Lash - November 04, 2008
WRI is moving forward with a new five-year Strategic Plan to achieve our long-term goals more effectively.

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