About the Author

David Barrett received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fairfield University in 1959 and his doctor of jurisprudence from Fordham University School of Law in 1964.

Following a year in the office of Chief Justice of the US Federal Court of Appeals in New York, Mr. Barrett joined Citibank New York in 1960 in the Capital Markets Group where he eventually headed institutional relationships. Promoted to senior officer at age thirty, he successfully managed the multibillion-dollar bank investment portfolio and its domestic liabilities.

Subsequently he managed the funding of all western hemisphere dollar and foreign currency loan commitments and bank investments. He retired from Citibank in 1980 and opened his own firms. He frequently consults as an expert in global monetary matters and has appeared on over three hundred and fifty radio programs.

Barrett also actively participates in secondary education and has served on the board of education in Connecticut.