Kevin Bain

Kevin Bain is the Director of Strategy for the City of Detroit Treasury and Office of the CFO, overseeing Debt Management and strategic projects. He previously served as Debt Manager and has worked for the City since February 2021. A native of the Detroit area, Kevin received a dual BBA in International Finance and BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan. He pursued an investment banking career in New York on Citigroup’s Debt Capital Markets desk, working on over $100 billion of bond transactions. Before returning to Detroit, he received his Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government with a concentration in Economic Development and consulted with the World Bank on Climate Resilience and Municipal Finance projects. Kevin serves as Vice-Chair on the national Government Financial Officers Association’s committee on Capital Planning and Economic Development and has authored several articles on ESG financing.