Gates McGarrah
1863 – 1940 American First president of the BIS
American banker who served as the first president of the BIS.
- Affiliations
- American banker who led the BIS from 1930 to 1933.
Gates White McGarrah was an American banker who became the first president of the BIS when it opened in 1930. He had been chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York before taking the post. He led the bank through its early years until 1933.
Connections
- associate of Thomas McKittrick — Both Americans who held the BIS presidency.