Jeffrey Peek

Remarks: Operation HOPE Inaugural Global Financial Literacy Summit

Jeffrey M. Peek is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of CIT Group Inc.  In 2003, Mr. Peek joined CIT as President and Chief Operating Officer.

Previously, Mr. Peek was Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston LLC (“CSFB”) and was responsible for the firm's Financial Services Division, including Credit Suisse Asset Management, Pershing, and Private Client Services.  He was on the Group Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group as well as a member of CSFB’s Executive Board and Operating Committee.

Prior to joining CSFB in 2002, Mr. Peek was with Merrill Lynch since 1983 where he rose to the level of Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and was President of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. He also served on the Executive Management Committee of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Mr. Peek is a graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University where he received a bachelor's degree in International Affairs.  He holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Peek is a Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University, and a member of the NYSE Euronext International Advisory Committee.

Summit Video: Jeffrey M. Peek
Financial Literacy and Making Lending Work