Johnnie Watson

Bridge Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Johnnie Watson as Associate Vice President And Deputy Treasurer at Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University is America’s first research university founded with the goal to encourage research and advance not only the knowledge of its students but human knowledge in general. The University was established in 1876 by Johns Hopkins, Baltimore’s greatest philanthropist who willed his $7 million estate to fund the university and the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Johnnie Watson joins John Hopkins University from the City of Atlanta in Georgia, where he served as Treasurer. Previously, he held various treasury management and related capital markets positions with AIG and USAA insurance companies as well as several banks including Regions Financial, Wachovia Securities and Merrill Lynch.  Johnnie holds a BS degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.  As the AVP and Deputy Treasurer, he will lead and manage the University’s Treasury Office. This office is responsible for the University’s external debt, the University’s central bank, the cash and short-term investment pool, and daily cash, liquidity and forecasting. In addition, he and his team will be responsible to manage all external relationships with banks and rating agencies.