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Speaker

George Muñoz

CPA, J.D.
President
Muñoz Group
Corporate Governance: Mr. Muñoz has over 17 years of experience in public company corporate governance serving as a member of the Board and a member or chair of Board Audit Committees, Compensation Committees and Corporate ESG & Nominating and Governance Committees. Mr. Muñoz has served as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marriott International, National Geographic Society, Altria Group and of Laureate Education International. Extensive experience with SEC and DOJ regulations and investigations, as well as cybersecurity matters. Government and Regulatory: Extensive experience in working with different levels of government and regulatory bodies. Mr. Muñoz was appointed and served as an Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Treasury Department during the first term of the Bill Clinton Administration (1993 – 1997). In that capacity, Mr. Muñoz oversaw management and financial matters for the Treasury Department and its Bureaus, including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Internal Revenue Service, OFAC, FinCEN, and other Bureaus. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the U.S. Treasury reported to Mr. Muñoz requiring approval of all major IT and transformation projects for the IRS and other Treasury Department. In addition, Mr. Muñoz worked closely with different Committees of the U.S. Congress, including the Senate Banking Committee, the House Committee on Banking and Currency, as well as the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Mr. Muñoz has worked with state legislators, including the Illinois State Legislature when he served as President of the Chicago Board of Education in the mid-1980s. Mr. Muñoz was appointed and served as the President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an independent federal agency during the second term of the Bill Clinton Administration (1997 – 2001). In that capacity Mr. Muñoz was responsible for overseeing an $18 billion portfolio of loans and political risk insurance obtained by U.S. companies in their overseas investments supported by the U.S. Government. Mr. Muñoz oversaw the credit committee as well as the political risk division of OPIC. Mr. Muñoz was responsible for reporting to the U.S. Congress on OPIC’s programs, loan portfolio, and services to the U.S. business community (especially small business). Mr. Muñoz also has extensive international business transaction experience, especially with emerging market countries of Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. For both the U.S. Treasury and the OPIC position, Mr. Muñoz held top-secret security clearance. Mr. Muñoz has a law degree from Harvard Law School and a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard University.