J. Steven Dowd

American businessman

J. Steven Dowd


United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Incumbent
Assumed office September 2020
President	Donald Trump
United States Director of the African Development Bank
In office October 2017 – September 2020
President	Donald Trump

Personal details
Born	Joseph Steven Dowd^[1] New York, USA
Education	Manhattan College Georgetown University

J. Steven Dowd is an American businessman who is the United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Prior to assuming his current role, he was United States Director of the African Development Bank. Previous to his government service, Dowd co-founded Ag Source, LLC, a global logistics, trading, and finance company. He has overseen food aid operations and port infrastructure projects, and was CEO of Marcona Ocean Industries, an international shipping and mining company.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Dowd was nominated by the President of the United States as United States Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.^[5] He was confirmed for EBRD by the United States Senate in July 2020.

References

^ "J. Steven Dowd Financial Disclosure". DocumentCloud. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. July 19, 2017. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Comas, Martin (July 28, 2017). "Trump taps Seminole County businessman to African Development Bank". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ Dunn, Andrew (July 27, 2017). "Another Florida man tapped for Trump administrative job". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-15 – via National Archives.