Bradford R Higgins was born on 1952 and is an American lawyer, investment banker, and former American government official who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management and Chief Financial Officer of the United States Department of State from 2006 to 2009.
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Bradford Higgins worked at Credit Suisse First Boston where he was a managing director and manager of the municipal utility and infrastructure groups.
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Bradford Higgins worked at Goldman Sachs where he was the co-head of the tax-exempt energy group.
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Bradford Higgins then joined Bear Stearns Asset Management as managing director in charge of marketing to public sector pensions.
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Bradford Higgins returned in 2005 and served as Senior Advisor to the United States Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, and as the first director of the Strategic Performance and Assessment office for the US Mission in Iraq.
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Bradford Higgins was Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management and Chief Financial Officer by which he led assessment teams to Iraq and resulted in a $18.4 billion Iraq reconstruction program.
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Bradford Higgins joined the United States Department of State in 2004 and was nominated Assistant Secretary of State and Chief Financial Officer on December 13,2005, by President George W Bush, succeeding Christopher Burnham.
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Bradford Higgins was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16,2006, by voice vote.
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Bradford Higgins left the State Department on January 20,2009.
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Bradford Higgins currently serves as president and chairman of the board of JumpStart International, a humanitarian aid organization that has conducted extensive efforts in Iraq and is currently operating in Gaza.
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Bradford Higgins is a venture partner at SOSV, where he focuses on investing in energy and energy efficiency technology.