Sayee Srinivasan is Chief Economist for the American Bankers Association. He joined ABA in June 2020 and heads a team responsible for quantitative economic analysis of banking and the broader financial services sector. In addition to providing insights from research to inform policy and advocacy efforts, the team engages extensively with ABA members on issues related to economic trends and their impact on banks and the broader financial system. Prior to the ABA, Srinivasan was at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s, where he served in multiple positions, including Chief Economist. While at the CFTC, he worked on a wide range of issues, spanning from implementation of Dodd Frank Reform rules, derivatives market structure research, US Treasury market functioning, risk oversight of the derivatives clearing system, LIBOR reform, and lessons learned from the pandemic’s impact on the financial system. In addition, he participated in numerous work streams of the US Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), and the Financial Stability Board (FSB), including co‐chairing the FSB’s impact assessment of the G‐20 reform efforts related to the derivatives markets. Prior to his time at the CFTC, Srinivasan worked in product and market development roles for securities and derivatives exchanges in the US and in India. Srinivasan has PhD and Master’s degrees in Economics, as well as a Master’s in Finance and Bachelor’s in Accounting.