Elizabeth McCaul

McCaul began her career in 1985 as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, where she specialized in energy and project financing.Liz Moyer (March 28, 2003). [http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/168_61/-194479-1.html "McCaul Steps Down as N.Y.'s Top Bank Regulator,"] American Banker. Retrieved 2015-02-04.

In 1995, she joined the New York State Banking Department as chief of staff to Neil D. Levin, a former Goldman Sachs colleague who had been appointed superintendent of banks. McCaul became acting superintendent in 1997 upon Levin's departure, and she continued in that capacity for two years. She established the department's Tokyo office, its second permanent office outside the U.S.James R. Kraus (December 26, 1997). [http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/162_245/-92731-1.html "N.Y. Regulator to Set Up Tokyo Office; Move Said Unrelated to Asia Turmoil,"]American Banker. Retrieved 2015-02-04.

New York governor George Pataki nominated McCaul in December 1999 to become superintendent.Jacqueline S. Gold (March 16, 2000).

[http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/165_50/-121610-1.html?zkPrintable=1&nopagination=1 "New York Regulator Proves She's Not Just 'Acting',"] American Banker. Retrieved 2015-02-04. Her nomination was confirmed by the New York State Senate on June 7, 2000.Lynne Montgomery (December 2000). [https://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/banking/2000dec/brv13n2_3.pdf "Recent Developments Affecting Depository Institutions," page 41], FDIC Banking Review. Retrieved 2015-02-04. The role involved regulating and supervising the state's 3,500 financial institutions.Jacqueline S. Gold (March 16, 2000).

[http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/165_50/-121610-1.html?zkPrintable=1&nopagination=1 "New York Regulator Proves She's Not Just 'Acting',"] American Banker. Retrieved 2015-02-04. Her office established a claims processing office to assist Holocaust survivors and their heirs who were trying to recover assets wrongfully held or stolen in World War II.{{cite web |author=Elizabeth McCaul |date=January 19, 2001 |title=Superintendent Elizabeth McCaul Testifies On Proposed Claims Resolution Process For Holocaust Victims' Claims Against Swiss Banks |url=http://www.claims.state.ny.us/sp010119.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611084602/http://www.claims.state.ny.us/sp010119.htm |archivedate=2007-06-11 |accessdate=2009-02-12}} Her office blocked a proposed merger of the Union Bank of Switzerland and the Swiss Bank Corporation until the banks promised to cooperate on the return of victims' assets.{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E0DA1F38F935A15750C0A96E958260|title=Swiss Banks Face Deadline And Sanctions|first=David|last=Sanger|date=March 26, 1998|work=New York Times|accessdate=2009-02-12}}

McCaul oversaw initiatives to ensure that the New York banking system functioned well in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Staff Reporter (March 31, 2003) [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB104907124685121900 "New York's Bank Regulator Will Give Up Her Post Soon,"] Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

McCaul negotiated, along with several state attorneys general, a $484 million multistate settlement with Household International Inc. regarding its residential mortgage lending practices. The settlement, which provided $37 million in restitution to up to 25,000 New York borrowers, was at the time the largest predatory lending settlement recorded in the U.S.New York State Banking Department Press Release (October 11, 2002).[http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/ea/ea021011.htm Governor Pataki, Attorney General Spitzer Announce Historic $484 Million Settlement with Household International Inc.,] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205102247/http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/ea/ea021011.htm |date=2015-02-05 }} Retrieved 2015-02-04.

In March 2003, McCaul announced that she would step down as superintendent after a short transition period, citing personal reasons. She had recently given birth to her fifth child. At the end of her tenure, McCaul had served eight years with the department and six years as its chief.Liz Moyer (March 28, 2003). [http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/168_61/-194479-1.html "McCaul Steps Down as N.Y.'s Top Bank Regulator,"] American Banker. Retrieved 2015-02-04.Staff Reporter (March 31, 2003). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB104907124685121900 "New York's Bank Regulator Will Give Up Her Post Soon,"] Wall Street Journal.. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

In September 2003, McCaul joined Promontory Financial Group, a consulting firm recently established in Washington, D.C. by former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig. She opened the firm's New York office to serve global banks and investment houses, and was its partner-in-charge until 2016. In that year, she became chief executive of Promontory Europe, responsible or overseeing and directing the firm's operations in continental Europe. She became global head of strategy and chair of Promontory Financial Group Europe in 2019.European Central Bank official biographyhttps://www.promontory.com/our-firm/our-story {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}Business Wire (June 1, 2011). [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110601005716/en/Promontory-Expands-European-Presence-Addition-Brussels-Office#.VNMLEtLF-So "Promontory Expands European Presence with Addition of Brussels Office,"] Retrieved 2015-02-05.

During 2012 and 2013, McCaul headed a federally mandated review of mortgage foreclosure practices at Bank of America.Jeff Horowitz and Maria Aspan (March 15, 2013). [http://www.americanbanker.com/magazine/123_4/how-promontory-financial-became-banking-s-shadow-regulator-1057480-1.html?pg=6 "How Promontory Financial Became Banking's Shadow Regulator,"] American Banker. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

In 2013, the Vatican selected Promontory Financial Group to conduct a forensic review of the Vatican Bank, which McCaul led.Carol Matlack (July 2, 2013). "A Money-Smuggling Scandal Threatens to Sink the Vatican Bank," New York Times. Within 48 hours of being hired, Promontory had a 25-person team in place in the bank president's ceremonial offices, charged with examining thousands of electronic and paper documents, including some that were written in Latin."Vatican Bank agrees landmark tax treaty with Italian regulators," The Guardian, April 2, 2015

In July 2016, McCaul discussed the Vatican's financial reforms at the annual meeting of the Leadership Roundtable, a Catholic 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes best practices and accountability in church management, finances, and administration.{{Cite web|url=https://leadershiproundtable.org/who-we-are/|title = Who We Are}} McCaul said that in 2013, the year the Vatican hired Promontory, confidence in the church and its bank had been undermined by a lack of transparency, internal controls and adherence to international regulatory practices. The financial reforms advocated by Pope Francis helped to make the church and its institutions more transparent, better governed, compliant with regulations and sustainable, she said, adding, “the days of ripping off the Vatican are over."{{Cite web |last=Kirk |first=Emma |title=Aiding the church's mission through better management |url=https://catholicphilly.com/2016/07/news/local-news/aiding-the-churchs-mission-through-better-management/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Catholic Philly |language=en-US}}

On July 11, 2019, the European Central Bank announced it had named McCaul to a non-renewable five-year term as a member of its supervisory board. The board plans and carries out the European Central Bank's responsibilities in overseeing the eurozone's banks under European Banking Supervision.{{Cite news |date=2019-07-11 |title=ECB hires ex-Goldman Sachs banker as watchdog |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecb-banks-idUSKCN1U626J |access-date=2023-05-10}}

McCaul is a graduate of Boston University.{{cite web |url=http://www.promontory.com/Bios.aspx?id=1039 |title= Promontory | IBM|website=www.promontory.com |access-date=2015-02-02}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}} She and her husband, Frank Ingrassia, are the parents of seven children.

McCaul is a trustee of Hofstra University and of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and is a member of the board of directors of Accion International, a global nonprofit that supports microfinance initiatives and financial inclusion.{{cite web |url=http://www.hofstra.edu/About/Administration/President/pres_bot.html |title=Trustees of Hofstra University - Administration | Hofstra University, New York |accessdate=2014-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042852/http://www.hofstra.edu/about/Administration/President/pres_bot.html |archivedate=2014-08-08 }}. Retrieved 2015-02-05.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory news release, "Three New Trustees Elected to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Board," December 11, 2014Accion press release, "Accion Welcomes Two New Board Members," June 22, 2015, found at Accion.org As New York State Banking Superintendent, she served as chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors from 2001 to 2002 and was a member of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council from 2002 to 2003.{{Cite web |url=https://www.americansecuritization.com/uploadedFiles/ElizabethMcCaul.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172235/http://www.americansecuritization.com/uploadedFiles/ElizabethMcCaul.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}

With her husband, McCaul received the 2012 Humanitarian Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's New York City chapter.{{cite web |url=https://jdrf-nyc.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/40thAnnualPromiseBallEventInformation/tabid/358867/Default.aspx |title=40th Annual Promise Ball Event Information |website=jdrf-nyc.ejoinme.org |access-date=2015-02-05}}

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