Featured Researcher: Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. was elected a Director-at-Large by NBER's Board of Directors at its Fall 2006 meeting. Ferguson is the Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation and Head of Financial Services and member of the Executive Committee for Swiss Re, a global reinsurance company. He joined Swiss Re in June 2006, after serving as vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Ferguson initially was appointed to the Fed Board in November 1997 to fill an unexpired term ending on January 31, 2000. In July 2001 he was sworn in for a full term, but he resigned in 2006 to return to the private sector.

From 1984 to 1997, before becoming a member of the Federal Reserve Board, Ferguson was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, an international management consulting firm. From 1981 to 1984, he was an attorney at the New York City office of Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Ferguson received his B.A. in economics in 1973, a J.D. in 1979, and a Ph.D. in economics in 1981, all from Harvard University. He is a member of Harvard's Board of Overseers.

Ferguson is married to Annette Nazareth and they have two children.