James M. Lister
Vice President

Office: 202-222-0021
E-mail: jml@keia.org

James M. Lister is the Vice President of the Korea Economic Institute, having joined the institute in January 2000 after retiring from the U.S. Treasury following a 33-year career.  He was a member of the Senior Executive Service from 1986, serving as Director of the Office of Foreign Exchange Operations from 1985 to 1992 and as Director of the Office of International Monetary Policy from late 1992 until late 1999. These assignments entailed responsibilities inter alia for coordinating and accounting for exchange market intervention and other operations involving the Exchange Stabilization Fund, advising on U.S. relations with the International Monetary Fund, and supporting senior Treasury officials’ participation in meetings of the Group of Seven (and related subgroups) and the Group of Ten. Mr. Lister is the recipient of a Presidential Meritorious Rank award.

Previous assignments included positions in the Office of International Banking, the U.S. Mission to the OECD (Paris), and the U.S. Embassy in Germany, and as desk officer for various countries.  From 1966–1968 he was on military furlough from the Treasury Department, serving on active duty in the U.S. Army (Lieutenant, Field Artillery), including 13 months’ service in Korea with a field artillery batallion. He received a B.A. from Bowdoin College (Economics Major) in 1965 and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin (Monetary and Financial Theory) in1966.

Mr. Lister was born January 18, 1944.  He is married to Susan Munro Lister. They have two grown children and five grandchildren. His principal hobbies are soccer, choral and popular vocals, and duplicate bridge.