Gene Ludwig is a business leader and expert on banking regulation, risk management, and fiscal policy. Promontory, founded in 2001, is synonymous with excellence in compliance and risk management, and helps financial companies resolve their most pressing challenges. Before founding Promontory, Gene was vice chairman and senior control officer of Bankers Trust New York Corp. As U.S. comptroller of the currency from 1993 to 1998, Gene served as the Clinton administration's point person on the policy response to the credit crunch of the 1990s. He enhanced the ability of financial institutions to compete even as he refocused the industry on meeting its obligations under the Community Reinvestment Act. Under his purview, lending to low and moderate income Americans increased tenfold, as did national bank investments in community development corporations. Before becoming comptroller, Gene was a partner in the law firm of Covington & Burling. Gene graduated magna cum laude from Haverford College, holds a Master of Arts degree from Oxford University, and a Juris Doctor from Yale University.