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John Walsh became acting Comptroller of the Currency on August 15, 2010 following the departure of the 29th Comptroller of the Currency, John Dugan. Mr. Walsh served in this position until Thomas Curry was sworn-in as the 30th Comptroller of the Currency on April 9, 2012.
During his tenure, Mr. Walsh was the chief executive of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which supervised approximately 2,000 national banks and federal savings associations as well as 50 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States. These institutions comprised nearly two-thirds of the assets of the commercial banking system. The Comptroller also was a director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and NeighborWorks® America.
Mr. Walsh joined the OCC in October 2005 as Chief of Staff and Public Affairs.
Prior to joining the OCC, Mr. Walsh was the Executive Director of the Group of Thirty, a consultative group that focused on international economic and monetary affairs. He joined the Group in 1992 and became Executive Director in 1995. Mr. Walsh served on the Senate Banking Committee from 1986 to 1992 and as an International Economist for the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1984 to 1986. Mr. Walsh also served with the Office of Management and Budget as an International Program Analyst, with the Mutual Broadcasting System, and in the U.S. Peace Corps in Ghana.
Mr. Walsh holds a masters in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1978), and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1973.
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