Peter R. Coneway

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Assignment- 59-CF-DS-29975-06) Official portrait of Peter Coneway, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland (Photographer- Mark Stewart--State)
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) stops by during a meeting with Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (left) and Swiss Minister of Defense Samuel Schmid (second from left) and U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Peter R. Coneway (second from right) in the Pentagon on April 13, 2007

Peter Richard Coneway (April 13, 1944 Harlingen, Texas - November 13, 2020 Houston, Texas) was an investment banker, a member of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System for a six year term, and the in American Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 2006 until 2008. [1][2][3]

Biography[]

He grew up in Harlingen, Texas, the son of Albert Earl Coneway, the city attorney and Clara Laroux "Sue" Durham Coneway. Coneway was a running back for the Harlingen High School Cardinals football team. He earned a BBA in 1966 from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and in 1969, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[2][4]

Career[]

Coneway served in several leadership positions for Goldman Sachs for whom he worked from 1969 until he retired as general partner in November 1992. Those positions included resident manager of the Houston office, becoming resident partner in 1978. In 1987 and 1988, he was managing director of the company's Tokyo office.[2]

Appointed by Ann Richards to be a University of Texas Regent in February 200$, he resigned on August 12, 1993 because he continued to have “a limited business relationship” with Goldman Sachs and he wanted “to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest.”[2]

In 2009, Riverstone Holdings LLC named him managing director.

References[]

  1. ^ "History: The U.S. Ambassadors in Switzerland". Embassy of the United States Bern, Switzerland. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "The Honorable Peter R. Coneway". University of Texas System. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Good choice: Houstonian Peter Coneway will make an excellent U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein". The Houston Chronicle. September 17, 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Peter Coneway". Legacy.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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