Douglas Rediker

Douglas A. Rediker
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, economist, investment banker
Known for	Establishing and leading International Capital Strategies, LLC; Non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; Former Executive Board Member of the International Monetary Fund

Douglas A. Rediker is a U.S.-based lawyer and economist who established and leads International Capital Strategies, LLC, a consultancy specializing in policy and market analysis located in Washington, D.C.. Additionally, he holds the position of non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Education

Rediker earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Vassar College and obtained his Juris Doctor from the Fordham University School of Law. He also pursued studies at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government's MPA program.

Career

Starting his professional journey as an attorney with Skadden Arps in both New York and Washington, D.C., Rediker later shifted into investment banking and private equity roles at institutions such as Salomon Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Lehman Brothers. He was instrumental in pioneering privatization efforts across Central and Eastern Europe, notably managing key transactions for the Hungarian Telecommunications Company, Magyar Telekom, including its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Furthermore, he served as a partner based in London at TD Capital, where he concentrated on investments within the media and telecommunications sectors.

Rediker contributed to the National Finance Committee during the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign.

Since April 2016, he has held a non-resident Senior Fellow role at the Brookings Institution, focusing on Foreign Policy and Global Economy initiatives. Between 2012 and 2016, he was a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Prior to that, until 2012, Rediker was a member of the executive board of the International Monetary Fund, representing the United States after his appointment by President Barack Obama and confirmation by the Senate in 2010.

From 2015 until its acquisition by TD Bank in 2023, he was a director on the Board of Cowen.

He also co-established and directed the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation.

Recognized as an authority on state capitalism, global financial systems, and Sovereign Wealth Funds, Rediker has provided testimony before Congress and authored numerous publications regarding how international capital movements influence foreign policy.

His professional accolades include being designated an "Emerging Markets Superstar" by Global Finance magazine and earning "EEMEA Equity" along with "M&A Deals of the Year" honors from The International Financing Review. He is affiliated with the Council on Foreign Relations and has been featured in prominent outlets such as The New Republic, The National Interest, and The Wall Street Journal.

Personal life

Together with his wife, Heidi Crebo-Rediker, he founded the GSFI in 2007 after their return to the United States following sixteen years spent living in Europe. Crebo-Rediker departed GSFI in 2009 to join staff on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and subsequently became the first chief Economist at the U.S. State Department, where she focused on economic statecraft initiatives under Hillary Clinton.