William F. Quinn is the retired Executive Chairman of American Beacon Advisors, a $60 billion asset management and mutual fund company he founded in 1986. The ﬁrm manages pension and cash assets for American Airlines and other clients. He served as Executive Chairman from 2009 to 2015, as President and CEO from 1986 to 2009, and a Trustee of the American Beacon Funds from 1986 to 2008. Mr. Quinn joined American Airlines in 1974 as VP & Controller of Sky Chefs, and he served as Assistant Treasurer of American Airlines from 1979 to 1986. Prior to joining American Airlines, Mr. Quinn worked for Arthur Young & Company in New York. He received a B.S. Degree in Accounting from Fordham University in 1969 and is a New York Certiﬁed Public Accountant.

Mr. Quinn serves as a Director of Texas Mutual Insurance, and was appointed Chairman of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System in September 2017 and became Vice-Chairman in July 2021. Previously, he served as the Independent Trustee for the $26 billion National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (from 2010-May 2022), Chairman of the Committee for the Investment of Employee Beneﬁt Assets (CIEBA), a nationally recognized organization of large corporate pension funds, and on the New York Stock Exchange Pension Manager Advisory Committee. In 2004, he was Chairman of a special Mayoral commission to study and recommend improvements for the Dallas Employees Retirement Fund. He has served as a Director of four public companies – CSW Industrials, Inc, Hicks Acquisition I and II and Crescent Real Estate Equities, Inc. He also served as a Director of the $5 billion American Airlines Federal Credit Union from 1979 to 2014, including 15 years as Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Quinn devotes much of his spare time serving on the Finance and Investment Committees of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Catholic Charities of Fort Worth, and Southern Methodist University Endowment Fund. He previously served as Chairman of the United Way of Tarrant County, President of the Fort Worth Chapter of Legatus and on the Board of Holy Cross H.S. in Flushing, New York.

Mr. Quinn married his wife, Doreen in 1970. They have four grown children and 15 grandchildren all living in the Dallas area.