Sir James D. Wolfensohn, KBE, is Chairman of Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and an advisor to corporations and governments. Sir Wolfensohn became Chairman of Citi International Advisory Board on April 18, 2006. He is also advisor to Citi’s senior management on global strategy and on international matters, and Chairman of the advisory group of the Wolfensohn Center, a new research initiative focused on global poverty, at the Brookings Institution.
Sir Wolfensohn was the ninth president of the World Bank Group from 1995-2005. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Wolfensohn was an international investment banker. His last position was as President and Chief Executive Officer of James D. Wolfensohn, Inc., his own investment and corporate advisory firm set up in 1981. He was Executive Partner of Salomon Brothers in New York and head of its investment banking department, Executive Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Schroders Ltd. in London, President of J. Henry Schroders Banking Corporation in New York, and Managing Director of Darling & Co. of Australia. He is now Chairman Emeritus of both Carnegie Hall and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.