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Peter Goettler

President and CEO

Peter Goettler joined the outstanding men and women of the Cato Institute in their mission to defend and advance individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace in 2015, serving as president and CEO. Prior to this, Goettler spent more than two decades in finance, most recently as head of investment banking and debt capital markets–Americas, head of global leveraged finance, and head of global loans at Barclays Capital.

Goettler and his family have been proud supporters of Cato for over 20 years. He joined the board of the Institute in September 2014. Goettler is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and has traveled extensively meeting, assisting, and drawing inspiration from free-market and libertarian organizations and freedom advocates in countries throughout the world.

Goettler received a BS and an MS in 1986 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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