Elizabeth McCaul

Who is Elizabeth McCaul?

Elizabeth McCaul is partner in charge of the New York office of Promontory Financial Group, where she advises on financial and regulatory strategy. She joined Promontory after serving as the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York.

During her tenure as Superintendent, her office established a New York State Holocaust Claims Processing Office to assist and advocate on behalf of Holocaust survivors and their heirs who were trying to recover assets wrongfully held or stolen in World War II. Her office blocked a proposed merger of the Union Bank of Switzerland and the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998 until the banks promised to cooperate on the return of victim's assets.