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Justin Muzinich

CEO, Muzinich & Co.

Justin Muzinich

Justin Muzinich is CEO of Muzinich & Co., a global credit investment firm. He served as the U.S. deputy secretary of the treasury from 2018 to 2021, with broad responsibility for U.S. economic policy. While deputy secretary, he was also responsible for the roles of undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence and undersecretary for domestic finance, managing the divisions of the Treasury that oversee national security policy and financial policy. Muzinich represented the U.S. at G7, G20 and OECD meetings. From 2017 to 2018 Justin served as counselor to the secretary of the treasury and helped lead the effort to reform the U.S. tax code. From 2015 to 2016, he was policy director for Jeb Bush's presidential campaign.

After leaving public service, Muzinich served as a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations from 2021 to 2023 and as a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School from 2022 to 2023. He began his career in the mergers and acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley. He earned an A.B. from Harvard College, a J.D. from Yale Law School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.