Dave Schmidle

Dave Schmidle serves as the Chief of Staff for Corporate Advisory Services and Head of Global Compliance & Enterprise Risk Management at CFA Institute since 2019. Prior experience includes a 19-year tenure at GE, where Dave Schmidle held various leadership roles in Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance, culminating in the position of Senior Leader. Notable achievements involve leading a comprehensive Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management program for multiple GE businesses, generating nearly $5 billion in revenue, and creating a holistic risk and controls framework dashboard for enhanced business performance visualization and decision-making. Dave Schmidle earned an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business from 2009 to 2011.