David Gumpert-Hersh

David Gumpert-Hersh has over 27 years of work experience in various financial institutions and corporations. David is currently working as the SVP, Sr. Credit Risk Reporting Officer at Bank of Hope since 2022. In this role, they provide quantitative, financial, and credit risk intelligence for CECL and is responsible for corporate banking severity modeling.

Prior to their current role, David worked at Wescom Central, a financial institution, for 14 years from 2008 to 2022. David held the position of Vice President, Credit Risk, where they were responsible for providing business, financial, and credit risk intelligence for CECL. David also oversaw the analysis of business-line and product profitability and implemented advanced modeling techniques for credit risk analysis.

Before joining Wescom Central, David worked at Wescom as the Director of Credit Risk Management & Econometrics from 2011 to 2012 and as the Manager of Credit Risk Management & Econometrics from 2008 to 2010.

David also has experience working at SAS as a Sr Credit Forecasting & Risk Solution Consultant, where they extracted actionable insights from multiple data sources to create risk management strategies. David worked at SAS from 2007 to 2008.

Prior to SAS, David worked at HSBC as a Manager of Credit Risk/Loss Forecasting, BASEL/Economic Capital. David developed credit models and utilized advanced statistical techniques for credit risk quantification and modeling. David worked at HSBC from 2005 to 2007.

David's work experience also includes roles at Starbucks as a Sr Treasury & Hedging Analyst, Morgan Stanley as a Sr Value at Risk Specialist, Microsoft in the Treasury department, and Netscape as a Sr. Financial Analyst specializing in quantitative budget forecasting.

David Gumpert-Hersh has a strong educational background in finance and business. David completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Multi-National Finance at Menlo College from 1984-1987. David then pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in International Corporate Finance and Monetary Analysis at San Francisco State University from 1992-1994. Later, they furthered their education by earning a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Financial Engineering & Risk Management from Columbia Business School from 2023-2026.

In addition to their formal education, David has obtained various certifications to enhance their skills. David is a Certified Cash Manager, certified by the Treasury Management Association in June 1993. David has also pursued certifications in Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner, Big Data, Data Mining, and Machine Learning. David has also held licenses in Series 3, 7, and 63, and is proficient in SAS Enterprise Miner.