Managing Partners

Karen Shaw Petrou

Is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Federal Financial Analytics, Inc., a privately held company that specializes in information and consulting services for financial institutions. The firm provides analytical and advisory services on legislative, regulatory, and public policy issues affecting financial services companies doing business in the U.S. and abroad.

Ms. Petrou is a frequent speaker on topics affecting the financial services industry. In addition to presentations to Congress and federal government agencies, she has spoken before such organizations as the American Bankers Association, the Financial Services Roundtable, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, the American Bar Association, the Brookings Institution, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Manufacturers, and many other groups. She has also authored numerous articles in professional publications such as American Banker, Bankers Magazine, International Economy, as well as general-interest media like The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Ms. Petrou appears frequently in the media as an expert on banking legislation and regulation.

Prior to founding her own firm in 1985, Ms. Petrou worked in Washington as an officer at Bank of America, where she began her career in 1977. She is an honors graduate in Political Science from Wellesley College. She earned an M.A. in that subject from the University of California at Berkeley, and was a doctoral candidate there.

Basil Petrou

Is a principal and Managing Partner of Federal Financial Analytics, Inc., providing financial analytical services on legislative and regulatory issues to non-bank financial institutions, insurance companies, mortgage corporations, trade associations, law and public policy firms.

Previously, Mr. Petrou worked at an investment bank and a financial advisory firm analyzing legal and regulatory requirements for mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and limited partnerships. He began his career in the U.S. Treasury Department where he was director of the Office of Capital Markets Legislation, responsible for development and review of federal regulation of commercial banks, savings and loans, securities firms, and capital markets. Subsequently, he spent several years at Mobil Oil Corp. as senior financial advisor responsible for U.S. exploration and producing division project financing, joint venture and acquisition analysis.

Mr. Petrou obtained J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago after earning a B.A. in Economics from Reed College.