Thomas Halverson

About Thomas Halverson

Tom Halverson is Chief Executive Officer of CoBank, a $210 billion financial institution and one of the largest private providers of credit and financial services to the U.S. rural economy.Halverson has more than 30 years of global experience in the financial services industry. He began his banking career with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which was founded to help former Soviet-bloc countries transition to free-market economies. He later spent more than 16 years with Goldman Sachs in a variety of executive positions in Europe, Asia and North America, including as Chairman and then Managing Director and Chief of Staff for the firm’s Goldman Sachs Bank USA subsidiary. Halverson joined CoBank in 2013 as Chief Banking Officer, with responsibility for all banking and revenue operations. He was appointed as CEO of CoBank in January 2017. Halverson serves on a number of boards of industry organizations, including:• Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation (director);• National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (Executive Council member and former board chair);• Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy (board advisor);• Graduate Institute of Cooperative Leadership (director and former board chair);• Brookings-AEI Commission on U.S. Rural Prosperity (commission member); Halverson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from Wabash College and a doctorate degree in war studies from King’s College, University of London. He was a 1989 winner of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship and was later asked to serve on the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission from to 2001.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   CoBank

   Jan 2017 — Present · Greenwood Village, CO, US

   CoBank is a $200+ billion cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states. CoBank is a proud member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities. As CoBank’s chief executive officer, I am responsible for implementing the bank’s strategic and business direction as set by the Board of Directors. I am focused on managing the bank for the long-term and working to ensure that CoBank offers our customer-owners the financial products and services they need to run successful businesses.I am the chairman of CoBank’s Management Executive Committee and also serve as chairman and director of CoBank’s wholly owned subsidiary Farm Credit offers careers with a purposeVisit our career site and stand for something:

Education

• King's College London

  D.Phil, War Studies

  1989 — 1992

• Wabash College

  A.B., Political Science and Government

  1983 — 1987

Skills

• Financial Modeling
• Finance