| 词条 | Christopher Burnham |
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|name = Chris Burnham |office = Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Management |1blankname = {{nowrap|Secretary General}} |1namedata = Kofi Annan |term_start = June 1, 2005 |term_end = November 15, 2006 |predecessor = Catherine Bertini |successor = Alicia Bárcena Ibarra |office1 = Under Secretary of State for Management Acting |president1 = George W. Bush |term_start1 = February 4, 2005 |term_end1 = June 1, 2005 |predecessor1 = Grant S. Green Jr. |successor1 = Henrietta H. Fore |office2 = Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management |president2 = George W. Bush |term_start2 = January 30, 2002 |term_end2 = February 4, 2005 |predecessor2 = Position established |successor2 = Bradford Higgins |office3 = Treasurer of Connecticut |governor3 = John G. Rowland |term_start3 = January 4, 1995 |term_end3 = July 22, 1997 |predecessor3 = Joseph Suggs |successor3 = Paul J. Silvester |birth_name = Christopher Bancroft Burnham |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|28}} |birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = Washington and Lee University {{small|(BA)}} Harvard University {{small|(MPA)}} }}Christopher Bancroft Burnham is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Global Capital, LLC,[1] headquartered in Washington, D.C. He co-founded Cambridge after a career in government, diplomacy, banking, and private equity. He has served as Under Secretary General for Management of the United Nations, Under Secretary of State for Management (acting), Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management and Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of State, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, three-term Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, vice chairman of Deutsche Bank Asset Management and global co-head of private equity,[2] and CEO of PIMCO’s largest equity arm, Columbus Circle Investors. He is also the Chairman of Cambridge Global Advisors (CGA), a strategic advisory services and consulting firm based in Washington, DC.[3] CareerBurnham led reforms of the Connecticut Treasury, modernization of the financial and reporting systems of the U.S. State Department, and instituted sweeping governance reforms as chief management officer of the United Nations. This included the establishment of the first UN Ethics Office, the first United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee, the adoption of new International Public Sector Accounting Standards, the first comprehensive consolidated annual report in the history of the United Nations, and a new whistleblower protection policy that received independent recognition as the “gold standard.”[4] He also implemented financial disclosure reporting by senior United Nations officials and staff, based on the U.S. Government model. Burnham joined the United Nations[5] after serving as acting Under Secretary of State for Management for Secretary Condoleezza Rice, and as Assistant Secretary of State for resource management and Chief Financial Officer of the State Department for General Colin Powell. Mr. Burnham joined the Department of State in September 2001, and has been confirmed twice by the United States Senate. From 2006 to December 2012, Burnham was the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management, and a member of the Global Operating Committee. In 2008, Burnham co-founded and led Deutsche Bank’s direct private equity group, RREEF Capital Partners, the bank’s reentry into private equity after an eight-year absence. He also chaired Deutsche Bank’s governance committee in Germany, and is a globally recognized expert in the implementation of accountability, transparency, and best practice in government, corporations, and inter-governmental organizations. Burnham is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps Reserve and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He volunteered for active duty in 1990 and served as an infantry platoon commander in the Gulf War. He and his men were part of the lead Allied forces to reach and liberate Kuwait City. He is currently co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Cambridge Global Capital, a venture capital investment firm focused on opportunities in life sciences, cyber and data security, and data analytics. He has served as a senior foreign policy advisor to Mitt Romney presidential campaign and was a member of the Romney Transition Team, and as a member of the President-Elect Trump Transition Team for Rex Tillerson. He serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Water Defense, located in Puerto Rico, and only after sanctions were lifted, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of En+ Group, PLC, a publicly listed Russian holding firm formally owned by Oleg Deripaska, who in return for the removal of sanctions, agreed to sell his stake to less than 35%. EducationBurnham studied national security policy at Georgetown’s National Security Studies Program, and is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and Harvard Kennedy School[6] where he earned a master’s degree in Public Administration. Published CommentaryOp-Ed: [https://www.nysun.com/opinion/in-the-right-direction/69221/ "In the Right Direction,"] The New York Sun, January 9, 2008, co-authored with Paul Volcker Op-Ed: "[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/opinion/21burnham.html Hold the World Bank to Account]," The New York Times, May 21, 2007 Awards
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridgeglobal.com/christopher-burnham|title=CHRISTOPHER BURNHAM COMPANY BIO|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-10}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=Joseph Suggs}}{{s-ttl|title=Treasurer of Connecticut|years=1995–1997}}{{s-aft|after=Paul J. Silvester}}2. ^https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-taps-foreign-policy-national-security-advisers/2011/10/06/gIQAnDHzPL_story.html 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridgeglobal.com/christopher-burnham|title=Christopher Burnham|website=Cambridge Global|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-02}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nysun.com/opinion/in-the-right-direction/69221/|title=In the Right Direction|last=Volcker|first=Paul|last2=January 9|first2=CHRISTOPHER BURNHAM {{!}}|website=The New York Sun|access-date=2019-01-10|last3=2008}} 5. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BvDH4yUKXUUC&pg=PA8|title=United Nations in Focus: Issues and Perspectives|author=Marilyn V. Swartz|publisher=Nova Publishers|year=2007|isbn=978-1-60021-471-4|pages=8–|quote=In May 2005, the Secretary-General appointed Christopher Burnham to be U.N. Under Secretary-General for Management.}} 6. ^https://www.cambridgeglobal.com/christopher-burnham/ 7. ^[https://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/burnham_bio.asp] All above from UN Official Biography |-{{s-new|office}}{{s-ttl|title=Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management|years=2002–2005}}{{s-aft|after=Bradford Higgins}} |-{{s-bef|before=Grant S. Green Jr.}}{{s-ttl|title=Under Secretary of State for Management Acting|years=2005}}{{s-aft|after=Henrietta H. Fore}} |-{{s-dip}}{{s-bef|before=Catherine Bertini}}{{s-ttl|title=Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Management|years=2005–2006}}{{s-aft|after=Alicia Bárcena Ibarra}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnham, Christopher}} 18 : American chief executives of financial services companies|American chief operating officers|American Marine Corps personnel of the Gulf War|Connecticut Republicans|John F. Kennedy School of Government alumni|Living people|Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives|Oligarchy|People from Stamford, Connecticut|Policies of Donald Trump|Politics of Russia|Russian businesspeople|State treasurers of Connecticut|United States foreign policy|United States Marine Corps officers|United States Marine Corps reservists|Washington and Lee University alumni|1956 births |
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