John L. Thorton
USCPF Boardmember
John L. Thornton is a Professor and Director of the
Global Leadership Program at the Tsinghua University School of Economics
and Management in Beijing. He is also Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Mr.
Thornton is a director of HSBC Holdings plc and a director and non-executive
Chairman of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. He retired in 2003
as President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Goldman Sachs Group
and as a member of the firm’s board of directors.
Mr. Thornton is a director of Ford Motor Company, Intel, News Corporation
and China Unicom. He is a trustee, advisory board member or member
of the Asia Society, General Atlantic, China Securities Regulatory Commission
(CSRC), China Reform Forum, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations,
China Institute, McKinsey Knowledge Council, the Hotchkiss School, Council
on Foreign Relations, China Foreign Affairs University and the Tsinghua
University School of Economics and Management. In 2007, Institutional
Investor Magazine named him one of 40 individuals who have had the greatest
influence on global financial markets over the past forty years.
In 2008, he was awarded the Friendship Award of the People's Republic
of China, the highest honor accorded to a non-Chinese citizen.
Mr. Thornton received an A.B. in history from Harvard
College, a B.A./M.A. in jurisprudence from Oxford University and an
M.P.P.M. from the Yale School of Management. He was elected a
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.
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