Biographical Notes
Vadim Dubinkin | Vijayendra Kaul | Adrian Strachan | John Muwanga | David Walker
David M. Walker (United States of America) - Chairman
Mr. Walker is a Certified Public Accountant. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Jacksonville University, a Senior Managers in Government Certificate from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and several honorary doctorate degrees from various universities, including the American University and his alma mater.
Mr. Walker is currently the President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a position he took up in March of 2008. Before this he served for 10 years as the seventh Comptroller General of the United States and head of the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)
He has held several key leadership positions within the domestic and international accountability community as Chairman of the United States Inter-governmental Audit Forum and Chairman of the United States Joint Financial Management Improvement Programme, and as a member of the Governing Board of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
Mr. Walker had over 36 years of public- and private-sector experience. He served as a partner and Global Managing Director of the Human Capital Services Practice for Arthur Andersen LLP from 1989 until 1998. During that time, he also served as a Public Trustee of the United States Social Security and Medicare programmes from 1990 to 1995.
Mr. Walker also served within government as Assistant Secretary for Labour for Pension and Employee Benefit Programmes and acting head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. His initial professional and private-sector experience was gained with Price Waterhouse, Coopers & Lybrand and Source Services Corporation.
Mr. Walker has won many awards for his leadership, writing and speeches.