Bill Coen was Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision from 2014 to 2019 and Deputy Secretary General from 2007 to 2014. In his role as Secretary General, he chaired the Committee’s Policy Development Group, its Corporate Governance Task Force and the Coherence and Calibration Task Force. He served on the IFRS Advisory Council from 2016 until 2019.
He has also worked for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington DC, with a variety of responsibilities relating to banking policy, supervision and licensing.
Mr Coen is from New York City and has a Master’s degree from Fordham University and Bachelor degree from Manhattan College.
IFRS Advisory Council
Advisory Council Chair
1 February 2020
31 January 2025