Robert H. Singletary
    Robert H. Singletary

    Member of the Board of the National Bank of Georgia

    Date of Birth

    07.02.1957

     
    Education 
     

    LL.M (Master of Laws and Letters) Georgetown University Law School (specialization in Securities Regulation)
    JD (Juris Doctor) Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America (Member, Law Review)
    BA (Bachelor of Arts) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (major in Economics; Order of the Grail-Valkyries)


    Awards and Memberships

    Recipient, Presidential Order of Honor, Republic of Georgia (2002)
    Member of the Bar: Supreme Court of the United States

    Work Experience  


    Since December 2016 to December 2023: Member of the Board of the National Bank of Georgia;
    2022 - Present: Member of the Audit Committee;
    2008 - Present:  Principal, Lenzie Fisher Hendry LLC (financial sector development specialists);
    2018 - 2022: Technical Team Lead, Capital Markets Development Project - Jordan, a 4.5 year, $4 million project focusing on capital markets;
    2010 - 2015:  Project Supervising Consultant, Azerbaijan Capital Markets Modernization Project, a 4 year, $13.1 million project focusing on capital markets;
    2006 - 2008: Project Director, Armenian Financial Sector Development Project, a 5 year, $16.7 million project focusing on capital markets, banking, insurance and pension reform;
    2002 - 2005:  Project Director, Macedonian Financial Sector Development Project, a 3 year, $7.5 million project focusing on capital market, government securities, pension and accounting system reforms;
    2000 - 2002: Chairman, National Securities Commission of the Republic of Georgia;

    Mr. Singletary’s financial sector development work includes 21 large-scale projects covering 15 countries within Eastern/ Southeastern Europe, the Middle East / North Africa and Southeast Asia. Topics include:

    • Capital market infrastructure design and operations
    • Investment fund and investment firm operations
    • New product development
    • Consolidated financial regulation
    • Legal and regulatory matters, and
    • Government securities markets

    Mr. Singletary’s previous US private sector experience includes serving as a Financial and Operations Principal for a US SEC registered brokerage firm and Board of Directors Member for a US SEC registered investment fund. He is a former member of the Chicago Board of Trade (now the Chicago Mercantile Exchange) and New York Board of Trade (now the Intercontinental Futures Exchange), two of the world’s largest commodities future exchanges. He has passed all major U.S. securities industry license examinations.