Mark Patrick

Mark Patrick is Head of the Macro & Country Risk Team (M&CR) within TIAA Financial Risk and Capital Management. As head of M&CR, Mark provides analysis of geopolitical, political and economic developments to senior management and the Board. The team oversees the generation of macro scenarios that guide the financial planning and capital stress testing processes of the firm. M&CR sets and enforces country risk exposure and loss limits and manages country exposure reporting across ~110 sovereign jurisdictions. The team also oversees the internal sovereign rating process for the firm. Mark’s international career spans three decades of public and private service. Prior to joining TIAA in 2016, he was Head of Asia Pacific Country Risk at JP Morgan in Hong Kong from 2014-2016. From 2011 to 2014, Mark was Head of Developed Markets and Latin America Country Risk at JP Morgan in New York. From 2011 to 2014, Mark was Head of Developed Markets and Latin America Country Risk at JP Morgan in New York. From 2008 to 2011, Mark was a Lead Derivatives Negotiator for the LAMCO (Lehman Brothers) bankruptcy estate. Mark joined Lehman Brothers in 2000 and founded the Sovereign Risk function. Mark joined the State Department in 1991 and served as a career US diplomat in Peru (1992-94), Singapore (1994-96) and Washington (1996-2000). Mark is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He speaks Spanish and is familiar with Russian and Portuguese. Mark lives in Chatham, New Jersey with his family. He enjoys cycling, painting, and traveling, as well as weekends at the Jersey Shore.