Michael Finn

Mike Finn is a Senior Advisor with Treliant, providing clients with expertise in enterprise risk management, corporate governance, and regulatory relations. Mike has over 35 years of experience as a Chief Risk Officer at several public companies and a senior regulatory leader at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).

Most recently, Mike served as Senior Executive Vice President/CRO for Sterling National Bank through the merger with Webster Bank in 2022. At Sterling, he led executive risk strategy, enterprise risk framework, and board and regulatory relations as a member of the executive leadership team. He was also the Sterling lead in navigating the sale and integration of all business lines, systems, policies, teams, and culture to Webster. Additionally, Mike was the founding executive sponsor of Sterling Pride, the LGBTQ+ business resource group. Prior to Sterling, Mike was EVP/CRO at Hudson Valley Bank, leading a strategic risk turnaround that culminated in the bank’s sale and integration with Sterling.