Kathleen Stephansen
Vice Chair of College of Central Bankers, Executive Committee
Kathleen Stephansen is a Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and an Independent Trustee for the EQAT/1290 Funds, encompassing all US mutual funds sponsored by the Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company. She is a former Chief Economist of Huawei Technologies USA, Chief Economist of the American International Group (AIG) and AIG Asset Management’s Senior Strategist and Global Head of Sovereign Research and. Prior to joining AIG in 2010, Kathleen held various positions as Chief Economist and Head of Global Economic Research at Aladdin Capital Holdings, Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation.
Kathleen serves on the boards of the Global Interdependence Center (GIC), as Vice-Chair of the GIC College of Central Bankers, is the Treasurer for Economists for Peace and Security (EPS), is Member of the Editorial Board and contributor of the International Corporate Rescue, Chase Cambria Publishing, and is a member of the National Association of Business Economics (NABE), the Chatham House and the Economic Club of New York. She holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the Universite Catholique de Louvain and graduate degrees in economics from the University of New Hampshire and the London School of Economics.