Andrew Crockett (banker)
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Sir Andrew Duncan Crockett (23 March 1943 – 3 September 2012) was a British banker, economist and public servant. He was the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).<ref name="crockett">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Early life and education
Born in Glasgow, Crockett was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and Yale University.
Career
Crockett joined the Bank of England in 1966, and the International Monetary Fund in 1972. He was an executive director of the Bank of England from 1989 to 1993, before becoming General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in 1994. After retiring from the BIS in 2003, he joined JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. banking firm, where he was Special Advisor to the chairman and a member of the executive committee until shortly before his death.
Crockett was also a member of the Group of Thirty. He authored several books on economic and financial subjects, as well as numerous articles in scholarly publications.
Honours
He was knighted in 2003 and named European Banker of the Year in 2000
Personal life
He died in San Francisco, California, aged 69, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.<ref name="crockett"/>
Crockett was survived by his wife of 46 years, Marjorie (née Hlavacek), and their three children. He was also survived by his mother and two brothers.
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- 1943 births
- 2012 deaths
- British bankers
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- British expatriates in the United States
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Yale University alumni
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- People associated with the Bank of England
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer in California
- 20th-century English businesspeople
- Bank for International Settlements
- JPMorgan Chase people