Robert B. Zoellick

Chair

Temasek Americas

ROBERT B. ZOELLICK is Chair of Temasek, Americas, an investment arm of Singapore’s sovereign fund, and Senior Counselor at Brunswick Group Geopolitical. In 2022-23, he was an Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Zoellick serves on the board of Robinhood Markets. He also chairs the International Advisory Council of Standard Chartered Bank, and serves on the Strategic Council of Swiss Re. He is a member of the boards of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Carnegie Endowment, and chairs the Global Tiger Initiative. Zoellick was the President of the World Bank Group from 2007-12, U.S. Trade Representative from 2001 to 2005, and Deputy Secretary of State from 2005 to 2006. From 1985 to 1993, Zoellick served as Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and Under Secretary of State, as well as White House Deputy Chief of Staff. Zoellick was the lead U.S. official in the negotiations for German unification, for which the German government awarded him the Knight Commanders Cross. In 2020, he published, “America in the World: A History of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy.” His book has been translated into Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Georgian.