David Walker

Sir David Alan Walker (born 31 December 1939), a British banker, was chairman of Morgan Stanley International and is a senior advisor to that firm. He was chairman from 1995 to 2001, and 2004 to 2005. Walker was previously Assistant Secretary at the Treasury (1974–77), chairman of the Securities and Investments Board (1988–92), executive director for finance and industry at the Bank of England (1989–95) and deputy chairman of Lloyds TSB (1992–94). In 1994 he also joined the Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.

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Walker was educated at Chesterfield School and Queens' College, Cambridge (MA, hon. fellow 1989; double first, economics). He married Isobel Cooper in 1963; they have one son and two daughters. Walker was knighted in 1991.

Career
Walker joined HM Treasury in 1961, and was private secretary to the joint permanent secretary from 1964&ndash;66. He served on the staff of the SIB from 1988&ndash;92 and the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation from 1993&ndash;94, and was deputy chair of Lloyds Bank from 1992&ndash;94. He was a director at Morgan Stanley from 1994&ndash;97, executive chair of Morgan Stanley Group (Europe)&mdash;later Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (Europe)&mdash;from 1994&ndash;2000, chair of Morgan Stanley International from 1995&ndash;2000 and on the management board of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter from 1997&ndash;2000.

Walker chaired the steering committee of the Financial Markets Group on the LSE from 1986&ndash;93, and served on the board of the CEGB from 1987&ndash;89. He has chaired the RVC Greenhouse Fund since 1999, and was non-executive director at National Power in 1990 and from 1993&ndash;94. Walker was also associated with British Invisibles from 1993&ndash;97 and Reuters Holdings from 1994&ndash;2000. He was a nominated member of the Council of Lloyd&rsquo;s from 1988&ndash;92, chairing the 1992 inquiry into the LMX Spiral, 1992. Walker has been associated with the Legal & General Assurance Co. since 2002, and has been its vice-chair since 2004. He has been a member of the Group of Thirty since 1993, its treasurer since 1998 and a trustee since 2007. Walker chaired the London Investment Bankers' Association from 2002&ndash;04. He belonged to the Moroccan British Business Council from 2000&ndash;07, and has been a chairman of the University of Cambridge 800th Anniversary Campaign since 2005. Walker was a governor of Henley Management College from 1993&ndash;99 and chaired Community Links, an East End charity. He received an honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Exeter in 2002.