Cory Childs

Cory Childs serves as SVP, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Santander US since May 2022, following a role as Senior Legal Counsel at Santander Consumer USA. Prior experience includes serving as Senior Attorney and Assistant Corporate Secretary at USAA, where responsibilities involved providing legal advice on corporate governance and regulatory compliance. Notable earlier positions include Associate Counsel at Walmart, handling compliance matters in financial services, and Associate Attorney at Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, focusing on securities and banking law. Cory also has judicial experience as a Law Clerk with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and management experience as a Hedge Fund Manager. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Southern Arkansas University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.