Kimberly Reed

Former Chairman, President, and CEO Export-Import Bank of the United States

Kimberly A. Reed is an executive and former public official. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of three public companies: Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4502/NYSE: TAK), Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HASI), and is a Council on Competitiveness Distinguished Fellow. 

Ms. Reed served as the first woman Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and CEO of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) from 2019 to 2021 after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support. As EXIM Chairman, she worked to help U.S. companies succeed in the competitive global marketplace.

Earlier in her career, she was President of the International Food Information Council Foundation; Senior Advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretaries Henry Paulson and John Snow; CEO of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund); and Counsel to three committees of the U.S. Congress, where she conducted oversight and investigations.

Recognized as one of the “100 Women Leaders in STEM” and Washingtonian Magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in Washington,” Ms. Reed received the U.S. Department of Defense’s highest civilian award, the Medal for Distinguished Public Service, for advancing the nation’s economic and national security. She was Chair of the Republican National Lawyers Association and is a Council on Foreign Relations life member.