Douglas Bateson retired as a Managing Director of JPMorgan Chase in 2012 after a 30+ year career, with extensive experience in numerous product areas, particularly in capital markets and capital markets product development. From 2001 until he left JPMorgan, Doug headed and built out into new product areas a highly profitable fixed income derivatives business. Other experience at JPMorgan Chase included senior client management roles in custody and operations and in private banking.
Doug currently serves as board member and Treasurer of Environmental Advocates of New York (EANY) and also serves on the board of the Open Space Institute, both non-profit organizations located in New York. EANY’s mission is to protect the air, land, water and health of all New Yorkers and make New York State a national environmental leader at a time of absence of positive federal leadership. The Open Space Institute works with governmental entities, landowners and local land trusts, primarily up and down the East Coast, to acquire land to protect diverse landscapes, ensure water quality, facilitate adaptation to climate change and to enhance recreational access. He is also a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an investment consortium that invests in early-stage women-led businesses. He is a board member of Cadenza Innovation, Inc., an early stage company that licenses a proprietary lithium-ion battery technology, and a member of the advisory board of Aerofarms, LLC, a company growing leafy green vegetables aeroponically.
Doug is a graduate of Harvard College, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in history, and of Boston University (MBA). He lives in Manhattan with his wife Marcia; together they have two grown children. He is also the president of the Tahawus Club, a family-oriented hiking, fishing and hiking club in the Adirondacks.