President and Chief Executive Officer, FHLBank of Atlanta

Reginald T. O'Shields was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the FHLBank of Atlanta effective on January 1, 2026. He previously served as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer since February 14, 2022, and as Director of Enterprise Solutions since 2019, having been promoted to Executive Vice President effective in 2020. In those prior roles, he was in charge of managing the delivery of legal services by the FHLBank of Atlanta's legal department covering a wide variety of corporate, securities, finance, compliance and regulatory matters and overseeing all FHLBank of Atlanta programs related to strategic planning, corporate communications, marketing, government and industry relations, and community investment services. Mr. O'Shields joined the FHLBank of Atlanta in 2003 as a Senior Attorney and earned promotions to Assistant General Counsel in 2005, Associate General Counsel in 2006, Deputy General Counsel in 2007 and Deputy General Counsel Director of Legal Services in 2011. He served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel since 2011 and Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer since 2018. Before joining the FHLBank of Atlanta, Mr. O'Shields was in private legal practice with Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in Greenville, South Carolina, and Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett in New York, New York. Mr. O'Shields earned a J.D. from Vanderbilt University and a B.A. in economics from Furman University.

 
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