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Financial policy analyst

Karen Shaw Petrou
Petrou at Horasis meeting in 2021
Alma materWellesley College, University of California at Berkeley
Occupation(s)Financial analyst and consultant
Notable workEngine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America
SpouseBasil Petrou (died 2021)

Karen Shaw Petrou is an American financial analyst and co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics, where she provides analytic and advisory services on legislation, public policy, and regulatory issues that affect financial services in the United States and foreign countries.

Biography

Petrou grew up in Briarcliff Manor, New York. At age 18, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa – losing her reading vision in her mid-30s, and requiring a guide dog at age 50.

Education

Petrou received an undergraduate degree in political science from Wellesley College, studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and earned an MA in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, where she was also a doctoral candidate.

Career

In 1977, Petrou began her career at Bank of America in San Francisco. By age 27, she had become vice president at Bank of America in Washington DC. In 1985, she co-founded her own company – Federal Financial Analytics – with her husband, Basil Petrou, to "...provide analytical and advisory services on legislative, regulatory, and public-policy issues affecting financial services companies".

Notable accomplishments

Service

References

  1. "The Karen And Basil Petrou Legacy Education Initiative". Foundation Fighting Blindness. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  2. "Federal Financial Analytics". fedfin.com. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Karen Shaw Petrou Bio". socialinnovationsjournal.org. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  4. ^ Cortellessa, Eric (October 29, 2018). "Has This Woman Figured Out How to Cure Blindness?". Washington Monthly. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Karen Shaw Petrou". The Federalist Society. April 6, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  6. Petrou, Karen (August 25, 2021). "BioBonds: Generating Billions in Private-Sector Investment Speeding Treatment and Cure" (PDF). biobonds.org. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  7. Rush, Rep. Bobby L. (May 21, 2021). "H.R.3437 - LOANS for Biomedical Research Act". congress.gov. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  8. "LOANS for Biomedical Research Act (2021 - H.R. 3437)". GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  9. "Karen Petrou". American Banker. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  10. "Bloomberg Opinion Author Karen Petrou". bloomberg.com. March 29, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  11. Petrou, Karen. "Fix Deposit Insurance, or the Bank Bailouts Won't Stop". www.barrons.com. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  12. Petrou, Karen (April 13, 2022). "Central bankers cannot afford to ignore the pain in commodities". Financial Times. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  13. Petrou, Karen (December 26, 2021). "Let's re-emphasize the 'social' aspect of our ESG investments". mint. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  14. "C-SPAN Videos | Karen Shaw Petrou". www.c-span.org. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  15. "More Bank Failures May Follow IndyMac". npr.org. July 13, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  16. "Another Shoe Drops: Citigroup Acquires Wachovia". npr.org. September 29, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  17. "Fannie Mae: Now Free From Debt But Still Under Government's Wing". npr.org. February 21, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  18. "Germany's Largest Bank Announces Enormous Restructuring". npr.org. July 8, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  19. "Karen Petrou: books, biography". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  20. "Foundation Fighting Blindness|Board of Directors". fightingblindness.org. Retrieved April 16, 2023.

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