Edwin Truman

One of the long-time fixtures at those all-important G-group meetings – the G7, G10 and the newer G20 – will be missing this year.

Edwin “Ted” Truman – no relation to Harry S Truman, America’s 33rd president – retired for a second time in January. Journalists have known him as one of Washington’s most self-effacing officials, first as the longest-serving director of international finance for the Federal Reserve and then during a two-year stint as assistant secretary of the US Treasury for international affairs.