Victoria Garrity

Victoria Garrity, CFA, currently serves as SVP Head of Compliance Risk Assessment and Regulatory Change Management at Comerica Bank, a position held since March 2024. Prior to this role, Victoria was Managing Director and Head of Compliance Risk Assessment, Policies, and Testing at SMBC Group from February 2021 to March 2024, where leadership of compliance initiatives and the Compliance Monitoring & Testing Team was key. From January 2011 to February 2020, Victoria held the position of Head of Operational Risk and Compliance at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A., developing frameworks for operational risk during significant bank growth. Earlier experience includes serving as Senior Operational Risk Lead at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from June 1999 to January 2011, and as a Banking Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from August 1993 to August 1996. Victoria earned a Master’s degree in Economics from Boston University and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Economics, and Business from Ithaca College.