MICHAEL PETRUCELLI APPOINTED EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN, EX-IM BANK
Michael J. Petrucelli, a former Foreign Service officer and business executive with extensive experience promoting U.S.-Asia trade relations, has been named executive assistant to John E. Robson, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), Robson announced Thursday.
Petrucelli last month completed a master's degree in business administration from Goizueta Business School, Emory University, concentrating on leadership and global management. He previously was executive director of the U.S.-Thailand Business Council which promotes trade between the two countries. Before that Petrucelli was director of Thailand, Burma and financial services at the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council.
As a U.S. State Department Foreign Service officer from 1991 to 1996, Petrucelli was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, the Bureau of Intelligence & Research in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Consulate General, Netherlands Antilles.
Petrucelli holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
Ex-Im Bank is an independent U.S. government agency that helps finance the sale of U.S. exports primarily to emerging markets throughout the world, by providing loans, guarantees, and insurance. Ex-Im Bank supported $15.5 billion in U.S. exports in fiscal year 2000.