Peter L. Scher

Peter L. Scher is Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. Scher oversees the firm’s global Corporate Responsibility department, including its public policy efforts, the J.P. Morgan International Council and Morgan Health, a business unit formed in 2021 focused on improving the quality of healthcare for the firm’s employees and investing in new models for the delivery of employer-based healthcare throughout the United States. He led the firm’s business expansion in the Mid-Atlantic region – one of the largest economic regions in the United States – and recently assumed responsibility for the cross-business leadership teams in all U.S. markets. Previously, he was the Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office of law firm Mayer Brown LLP and earlier served as the Chairman of their Government and Global Trade Practice. He also spent nearly a decade in public service, serving as the U.S. Special Trade Ambassador under President Clinton.