Chris Van Wagenen, FRM

Chris Van Wagenen, FRM has worked in the finance and risk management industry for over 15 years. Theircareer began in 2004 as an Actuarial/Finance Intern at Unum. In 2005, they joined IBM as a Consultant, where they worked on projects for the Department of Defense and the Department of Interior. In 2007, they moved to Quantitative Risk Management as a Senior Financial Analyst, where they worked with clients in asset/liability management and mortgage servicing rights. In 2011, they joined TD as a Vice President and Manager of Allowance and Stress Testing Governance, where they were responsible for comprehensive governance and analysis of credit loss forecasting, stress testing and allowance reserve calculation. In 2018, they joined WEX as a Director of Global Risk Strategy and Global Credit Risk Reporting, where they managed a global team defining and implementing risk strategy and was responsible for global payments financial and credit risk reporting. In 2022, they joined Empyrean Solutions as the Head of Client Success, where they work with clients to design, implement, and analyze results of Empyrean software solutions used for ALM, FTP, Stress Testing, and Liquidity.

Chris Van Wagenen, FRM obtained their Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mathematics from Colby College between 2001 and 2005. Chris then attended Villanova University from 2016 to 2018, earning a Master of Science (M.S.) in Analytics. Prior to that, they graduated from Rye High School in 2001. In 2011, they obtained their Financial Risk Manager certification from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).