Charles P. Heeter Jr. is Managing Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. He directs the Deloitte global public policy program, is responsible for building cooperative relationships with other capital markets stakeholder groups, and coordinates the organization’s global regulatory program.
From 1975 to 1984, Mr. Heeter was the Director of Trade and International Affairs for the Government Research Corporation, a Washington DC-based public affairs consulting group. He also served as the legislative research assistant to a Member of Congress, working primarily on international issues.
Mr. Heeter was elected in June 2006 to a two-year term as Chairman of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD, representing the interests of business in the 30 OECD member countries and five observer countries. He is Vice Chairman of the Financial Services and Insurance Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and is a member of the ICC’s Commission on International Trade and Investment. Mr. Heeter also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the United States Council for International Business, the US affiliate of BIAC and ICC.
Mr. Heeter is Chairman of the Executive Council on Diplomacy, a Washington DC – based non-profit organization serving the diplomatic community, and is Co-chair of the Joint Policy Committee of the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue. He is a member and former chairman of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Services and Finance, which advises the US Secretary of Commerce and the US Trade Representative. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Washington International Business Council and is Vice-Chairman of the AICPA-NASBA joint International Qualifications Appraisal Board, which develops mutual recognition agreements between the US accounting profession and professional bodies outside the US.
Mr. Heeter holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington DC, where his studies focused on international relations and international economic policy.
