Betty A. Whelchel is the General Counsel for BNP , CIB Americas. She is responsible for the legal coverage of the ’s corporate and activities in the Americas and the management of its legal divisions located in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Prior to joining BNP Paribas in September of 2005, Betty worked with AG from 1990 to 2004, first as Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. and then as global General Counsel for Deutsche . From 1984 to 1990, Betty was an attorney with Shearman & Sterling, where she spent two years in Tokyo, and was admitted to the Japanese bar as a “gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi”. Betty began her career at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as an Attorney-Advisor in the Treasury Honors Program from 1981 to1984. At the U.S. Treasury, among other things, she served as a staff attorney to the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee, and worked on various efforts to rationalize regulation of U.S. and international financial markets. Betty is a 1981 graduate of Harvard Law School. She is a member of the and District of Columbia bars and of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (“ABCNY”). At ABCNY, she has served as Chair of the Foreign and Comparative Law Committee and as co-Chair of the Subcommittee on General Counsel for the Task Force on the Lawyer’s Role in Corporate Governance. Betty is currently on the Board and Executive Committee of the Institute of International Bankers. She has been active in industry efforts in respect of U.S. regulatory reform, with particular focus on its potential extraterritorial impact. Betty is a recipient of the 2015 Legal 500 “ Individual” Award, the 2013 Burton “Legend in the Law” Award, the 2013 Bronx Defenders Corporate Partner Award and 2015 “Tradition of Excellence” Award for the Brooklyn Volunteer Lawyers Project.