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Stephen R. Volk is Vice Chairman of Citi with a focus both on Citi Senior Management matters and on Citi Markets & Banking (CMB). He is a member of the Citi Business Heads, Operating, and Management Committees, and the Planning Group of the CMB.
Mr. Volk joined Citi in September 2004. Prior to that, he served as Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, where he worked closely with the CEO on the strategic management of the firm and on key client matters. He joined Credit Suisse First Boston in August 2001 from Shearman & Sterling, a New York-based law firm, where he had been Senior Partner since 1991. While at Shearman & Sterling, Mr. Volk was counsel to a number of corporations, including Citicorp. Among the many issues on which his firm advised Citicorp was the restructuring of its Latin America debt portfolio. Some landmark transactions in which he played a role include the mergers of Glaxo and SmithKlein, Viacom-Paramount, Viacom-CBS, and Vivendi-Universal-NBC. He joined Shearman & Sterling in 1960 after graduating from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, and became a Partner in 1968.
Mr. Volk is a Director of Consolidated Edison, Inc. and ContiGroup Companies Inc. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Dean's Advisory Board of Harvard Law School, and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
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