Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss
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Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss (born 1956) is a United States national who is currently the president and chief executive officer of the Rock Creek Group. Prior to this, Beschloss was the treasurer and chief investment officer of the World Bank
. Her previous responsibilities at the World Bank included senior manager of the Derivatives and Structured Products Group and Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager. Beschloss has also worked for J.P. Morgan in New York and London, for Shell International Group Planning in London, and she taught international trade at Oxford University.
Beschloss is chairman of the Investment Committee of the Ford Foundation and is on the Investment Committee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation, the Ford Foundation
, and the Urban Institute
. She is a past member of the board of directors of Temple-Inland
, and of the commercial property firm AMB Property Corporation. She advises international pension funds and central banks and has written a number of journal articles and books.
Beschloss has an MPhil (Honors) in economics from Oxford University and is married to presidential historian Michael Beschloss
.
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
. Her previous responsibilities at the World Bank included senior manager of the Derivatives and Structured Products Group and Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager. Beschloss has also worked for J.P. Morgan in New York and London, for Shell International Group Planning in London, and she taught international trade at Oxford University.
Beschloss is chairman of the Investment Committee of the Ford Foundation and is on the Investment Committee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg is the private foundation representing the historic district of the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. The district includes buildings dating from 1699 to 1780 which made colonial Virginia's capital. The capital straddled the boundary of the original shires of Virginia —...
Foundation, the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
, and the Urban Institute
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that carries out nonpartisan economic and social policy research, collects data, evaluates social programs, educates the public on key domestic issues, and provides advice and technical assistance to developing governments abroad...
. She is a past member of the board of directors of Temple-Inland
Temple-Inland
Temple-Inland, Inc. is an American corrugated packaging and building products company based in Austin, Texas.-History:-Early Years:In 1893, when Thomas Louis Latane Temple, Sr., founded Southern Pine Lumber Company on of East Texas, Angelina County, timberland...
, and of the commercial property firm AMB Property Corporation. She advises international pension funds and central banks and has written a number of journal articles and books.
Beschloss has an MPhil (Honors) in economics from Oxford University and is married to presidential historian Michael Beschloss
Michael Beschloss
Michael Richard Beschloss is an American historian. A specialist in the United States presidency, he is the author of nine books.- Early life :...
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