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Chris Lowney (born 1958) is a writer, public speaker, and leadership consultant. He chairs the board of Catholic Health Initiatives, one of America's largest healthcare/hospital systems. He was formerly a managing director of JP Morgan.
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- Biography
- Publications
- Awards
- Social entrepreneurship and charitable efforts
- References

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Biography

Born in New York City, Lowney attended Regis High School, a Jesuit institution in Manhattan, and then entered a Jesuit seminary. He completed a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Philosophy at Fordham University (both in 1981) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He left the Jesuit seminary in 1983 and worked at JP Morgan from 1983 to 2001. At Morgan, he was an investment banker to Fortune 1000 companies and, later, a managing director in Tokyo and Singapore, where he served on Morgan's Asia-Pacific management committee. Later, as a managing director in London, he served on Morgan's Europe, Mideast, and Africa management committee.

After leaving Morgan in 2001, Lowney authored four books. He has delivered talks and conferences on leadership, decision-making, and business ethics throughout the U.S. and in Spain, France, Australia, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Indonesia, and many other countries.

Since 2013, he has been chair of the board of Catholic Health Initiatives, America's second largest not-for-profit hospital/healthcare system with more than 80 hospitals and $10.7 Billion in annual revenues.
Publications
Lowney is the author of:
Awards
Lowney has been awarded honorary doctoral degrees by Gonzaga University, St. Louis University, the University of Scranton, the University of Great Falls, and Marymount Manhattan College.
He was named a miembro honorario del claustro at Peru's Universidad del Pacifico, was 2009 commencement speaker at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, and delivered the 2012 JRD Tata Oration at XLRI in India.
Social entrepreneurship and charitable efforts
Lowney founded Pilgrimage for Our Children's Future, which funds education and healthcare projects in the developing world. He helped launch Jesuit Commons-Higher Education at the Margins, which offers university-level education in refugee camps. He conceived and co-founded Contemplative Leaders in Action, a young adult leadership formation program active in seven cities.