Don Ogilvie – who served as president and chief executive officer of the American Bankers Association (ABA) for two decades – is the Independent Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Banking Solutions.

Ogilvie is a highly respected and prominent leader in the banking industry who has extensive knowledge of the federal legislative landscape as well as the international banking markets. Ogilvie advises Deloitte’s U.S. and global banking clients on the critical issues facing their industry, as well as helping to shape innovative and forward-thinking solutions to these developments.

While at the ABA from 1985 to 2005, Ogilvie oversaw the growth and development of the largest financial services trade association in the world. There, he represented banks of all sizes across the country, with a staff of more than 350 people in Washington, D.C. He also served as executive vice president of the International Monetary Conference, a group of CEOs at the 80 largest financial institutions in the world; he continues to work with this group as a consultant.

Prior to his ABA service, Ogilvie was a corporate vice president of Celanese Corp. for five years, reporting directly to the CEO. From 1974 to 1976, he served in the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President in the Ford Administration.

In addition to his current role with the Center, Ogilvie is chairman of ABA International, where he oversees the trade association's international activities in Europe and China, and is the executive-in-residence at the Yale School of Management.