Chris Liddell
| Chris Liddell | |
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| White House Director of Strategic Initiatives | |
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Assumed office 20 January 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Position established |
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| Born |
Christopher Pell Liddell 24 April 1958 Matamata, New Zealand |
| Nationality | United States |
| Residence | New York City, NY, USA |
| Education |
University of Auckland University of Oxford |
Christopher Pell Liddell CNZM (born 24 April 1958) is a New Zealand-born US-citizen businessman and philanthropist, who serves as Assistant to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and is the Director of Strategic Initiatives in the White House. He has been the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of General Motors (GM) and CFO of Microsoft, Senior Vice President and CFO of International Paper, and CFO of William Morris Endeavor (WME/IMG).
Liddell was born in Matamata, the youngest of five siblings. His father was a school teacher and died while Liddell was still young. His mother brought up the children by working a variety of jobs, including at Smith & Caughey's in Auckland. Liddell received his secondary education at Mount Albert Grammar School; he is described as "academically bright". He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with honors from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and a Master of Philosophy degree from Oxford University in England.
He started his career working from 1983 to 1995 as an investment banker and rose to Joint CEO and Managing Director of CS First Boston NZ.
From 1999 to 2002, he was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Carter Holt Harvey, an Asian Pacific forest products firm, then New Zealand’s second largest listed company with exports to Japan, China and Korea. He had been CFO of Carter Holt Harvey from 1995 to 1998.
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