Brendan T. Reilly

Managing Director Head of Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy, Americas, Barclays

Brendan T. Reilly is managing director and head of regulatory affairs and public policy for Barclays in the Americas, where he oversees supervisory relations, regulatory policy, and government affairs. Reilly is a member of the firm’s US Executive Committee (management committee for US operations) and Americas Citizenship Council (nonprofit investment and partnerships). He also serves in a leadership capacity at several trade associations, including the board of directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and executive committee of the Bank Policy Institute (BPI).

Before joining Barclays, Reilly was Managing Director and cohead of the Washington office for JPMorgan Chase & Co. from 2011 to 2018. During this time, he oversaw the firms public policy engagement with senior government officials and other industry groups during a period of unprecedented reform implementation in the financial sector

Prior to JPMC, Reilly was managing director and head of government relations for the CRE Finance Council (CREFC, formerly the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association), working on external affairs (policy, engagement, and press) for the real estate-focused group representing more than 300 lenders and servicers, investment banks, and leading money managers, pension and mutual funds. At CREFC, Reilly led industry efforts on crisis recovery programs (e.g., liquidity facilities) and financial regulatory reform.

Reilly began his career in public service. He worked on Capitol Hill as a professional staff member at the US House Committee on Financial Services (HFSC) under then-Chairman Mike Oxley and Vice Chair Sue Kelly. He also previously was an aide to Reps. Mike Ferguson and Bob Riley, both members serving on the HFSC.

Reilly has a B.A. in political science from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.

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