John G. Heimann

Who is John G. Heimann?

John G. Heimann was Comptroller of the Currency from 1977 to 1981.

Heimann, an investment banker and former New York State Supervisor of Banking and Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, was appointed by President Jimmy Carter.

During his term he also served as acting chairman of the FDIC and as first chairman of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council and acting chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Heimann was an active participant in the reform effort that lifted the limits on, and differentials between, the interest rates that different types of financial institutions could pay to attract deposits. He returned to investment banking in 1981, joining Warburg Paribas Becker-AG Becker

Heimann also served as New York State Superintendent of Banks and Commissioner of Housing and Community Renewal, New York.

His career in the private sector includes: a founding partner of Warburg Pincus.; Co-Chairman of Warburg Paribas Becker; and Chairman of the Global Financial Institutions Group of Merrill Lynch & Co.