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.