Lewis B. Kaden
Former Vice Chairman, Citigroup Inc.
Lewis B. Kaden is former Vice Chairman of Citigroup Inc. Since he joined Citigroup in 2005, he has had, for all or part of the time, oversight responsibility for global functions as well as several businesses including the Japan franchise and Citi Alternative Investments (CAI). He served as the Chairman of the Citi Foundation, the Institutional Client Group’s Public Sector Group, the Business Practices Committee and the Controls and Compliance Committee. Additionally, Mr. Kaden advised the Citigroup CEO on a range of strategic and franchise matters. Mr. Kaden is the Lead Independent Director of ArcelorMittal, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Markle Foundation and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society. Before joining Citigroup, Mr. Kaden was a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Previously, he was a Professor of Law at Columbia University from 1976 to 1984 and Director of Columbia’s Center for Law and Economic Studies from 1980 to 1984. He served as a moderator for the Public Broadcasting System’s Media and Society Seminars, including the “Ethics in America” series which won a Peabody award. Additionally, Mr. Kaden served as Chairman of the United States Government Overseas Presence Advisory Panel (1999-2000), the Industrial Cooperation Council of the State of New York, and Governor Mario Cuomo’s Commission on Competitiveness (1987- 1992.) Mr. Kaden graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review. During 1963-64, he was the John Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.