As the Executive Vice President, Mr. Lowery oversees the departments responsible for macroeconomic analysis, international financial regulation, financial technology, and specific policy areas such as debt policy and analysis and sustainable finance. Clay also is the host of the IIF podcast “Current Account.” Prior to joining IIF, Mr. Lowery was a founder and Managing Director of the Rock Creek Global Advisors international economic consulting firm. Previously, he was the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department, where he was the Finance Deputy to the G20, G7, International Monetary Fund, and the Financial Stability Board, chaired CFIUS, and was the point person on U.S. trade policy for financial services and toward Sovereign Wealth Funds. Mr. Lowery worked for over 15 years in the U.S. government including as the Director of International Finance at the National Security Council. He also serves on the Advisory Board to the Batten School of Public Policy at the University of Virginia and as a Senior Advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Lowery received his B.A. in Economics and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia (Phi Beta Kappa) and his M.Sc. in Economics at the London School of Economics.
