Brian S.

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Senior Credit Officer and Head of Counterparty Credit @ Fannie Mae
New York, NY, US
Brian S.'s Location
New York, New York, United States, United States
About Brian S.

Senior risk management professional. Active in a leadership capacity within the capital markets risk community; currently Chairman of the New York Chapter of the Risk Management Association (RMA NY) and formerly Chairman of Capital Markets Credit Analysts Society (CMCAS). Regularly serve as a panelist and moderator on industry panels. Collaborative consensus builder with a hands-on approach. Enjoy contributing to cross-functional teams and sharing ideas and experiences. Expertise and core competencies include: - Credit, Market & Operational Risk Management- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)- Governance- Recruiting, managing, and motivating successful teams- Managing risk through difficult markets- Collateralized financing activities: Repos, Securities Lending, Warehouse Lending and Prime Brokerage- Derivatives and capital markets trading activities - Term loans, revolvers and letters of credit- Handling ad-hoc approval requests in a time-sensitive environment- Promoting a strong risk culture - Developing and refining risk-rating methodologies and calculation of LGD- Counterparty due diligence- Working with Regulators, Boards, Rating Agencies, and Internal and External Auditors- Managing Credit Approval Process and Risk Committees- Negotiating loan agreements and trading documentation- Writing Policy- Financial Institutions: Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, Banks, Broker/Dealers, Insurance Cos, Mortgage

Brian S.'s Current Company Details
Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae

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Senior Credit Officer and Head of Counterparty Credit
New York, NY, US
Website:
fanniemae.com
Employees:
12699
Brian S. Work Experience Details
  • Fannie Mae
    Senior Credit Officer And Head Of Counterparty Credit
    Fannie Mae
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Fannie Mae
    Senior Credit Officer & Head Of Counterparty Credit
    Fannie Mae Jan 2024 - Present
    Lead an organization of risk professionals that analyze, monitor, and manage Fannie Mae's counterparty credit risk across a wide array of financial sectors including banks, mortgage lenders and servicers, broker dealers, insurance companies, financial guarantors, and housing finance agencies.
  • Rma New York Chapter
    Chairman
    Rma New York Chapter Aug 2009 - Present
    Greater New York City Area
    Have served on the Executive Board since 2009. RMA NY is a not-for-profit professional association that arranges educational programs for its members on a wide variety of risk-related topics, including credit, market and operational risk management, governance, ERM, risk culture, blockchain, fintech, cybersecurity compliance, liquidity risk, systemic risk, sovereign risk and the regulatory environment.
  • Capital Markets Credit Analysts Society
    Former Chairman
    Capital Markets Credit Analysts Society 1995 - Present
    Greater New York City Area
  • Self Employed
    Independent Consultant
    Self Employed Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
    Worked with a decentralized finance (DeFi) FinTech startup to develop credit underwriting standards for institutional cryptocurrency clients. Conducted due diligence, evaluated risk transparency, established credit limits, and determined collateral requirements.
  • Celsius
    Chief Credit Officer
    Celsius Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
    New York City Metropolitan Area
    Developed underwriting, due diligence, documentation, and monitoring standards for institutional cryptocurrency clients, including hedge funds, market-makers, trading firms, stable-coin issuers, and cryptocurrency exchanges. Refined risk-rating methodology and substantially re-wrote credit policy.Re-underwrote entire institutional portfolio while also leading due diligence meetings with numerous prospects. Recruited, managed and developed a small and highly effective team responsible for managing credit risk. Managed ~$5 billion (peak) portfolio of global institutional exposure proactively by selectively reducing limits, improving collateral positions, and exiting weak credits.Adopted more conservative credit standards than key competitors, while remaining commercial and flexible. As a result, avoided doing business with several prospects that subsequently became insolvent, and maintained tight credit standards for client that subsequently failed and caused massive losses for several of Celsius's competitors
  • Natixis Cib Americas
    Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions And Structured Credit
    Natixis Cib Americas Nov 2018 - Nov 2020
    Greater New York City Area
    Managed, motivated, and developed team responsible for credit exposure to financial institutions and structured credit counterparties that included: PE Funds, PE Secondary Funds, Hedge Funds, Regulated Funds, ETFs, BDCs, REITs, Banks, Broker Dealers, Insurance Companies, Pension Funds, CLO Warehouse Vehicles (Middle Market and Broadly Syndicated), and ABS Vehicles.Zero credit losses, including through Covid-19 downturn. Zero downgrades from Loan Review. Working with Legal, developed a template for ISDA negotiations with Hedge Funds. Performed a detailed and thorough gap analysis on the covenant monitoring process. Delivered several key New Product approvals for Credit Risk, including Synthetic Prime Brokerage and FICC Sponsored Repo.Developed a playbook for managing distressed counterparties. Worked with sales, trading, relationship management, legal, middle office, back office, compliance, market risk, operational risk, and regulatory relations.
  • Edelta Consulting
    Managing Director, Risk And Regulatory Advisory
    Edelta Consulting Dec 2017 - Oct 2018
    Greater New York City Area
    Advised financial institutions on risk management, regulatory and compliance-related matters. Projects included: Evaluating the risk management practices and controls of a major broker/dealer in conjunction with a regulatory gap assessment, and reviewing and assessing the lending activities of a Foreign Banking Organization (FBO), including asset-based lending, commercial real estate, and corporate lending.
  • Pwc
    Director, Risk And Regulatory Advisory
    Pwc Jun 2015 - Dec 2017
    Greater New York City Area
    Financial Services Advisory - Banking and Capital Markets Group. Led teams providing risk management, compliance and regulatory advisory services to clients.Worked with a major FBO to enhance the bank’s ERM capabilities in conjunction with meeting the Fed’s Enhanced Prudential Standards (EPS). Developed and refined the bank’s Risk Management Framework, Risk Appetite Statement, Risk and Capital Profile (Board-level reporting related to CCAR) and Risk Reporting Framework. Provided subject matter expertise and significant drafting assistance to several major FBOs and one G-SIB on key sections of their Recovery and Resolution Plans (Living Wills), including: Collateral Management, OTC & Exchange-Traded Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, and Currency Trading. Delivered several risk management workshops for a major domestic bank on leading practices with respect to Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs).
  • Kcg Americas Llc
    Managing Director & Chief Risk Officer
    Kcg Americas Llc 2009 - 2014
    Jersey City, Nj
    Also Deputy CRO of KCG Holdings, Inc. The position was global in scope and reported to the Chief Risk Officer & Chief Operating Officer of KCG Holdings. Headed the implementation of an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) strategy for Knight Capital after stepping into the newly created role of Chief Risk Officer in late September 2012. Worked to build an integrated ERM framework to manage market, credit and operational risk while employing the “three pillar” approach. Subsequent to the formation of KCG from the merger of Knight with Getco, continued to play a key role in executing and refining that strategy as CRO of our US broker and as Deputy CRO of our global holding company. Managed counterparty credit risk globally, including the risks at our futures commission merchant (FCM). Chaired of New Products Committee and the Engagement Committee. Led numerous due diligence meetings with counterparties and creditors and participated actively in meetings with our primary regulators, including FINRA, the SEC and the CFTC.
  • Ubs Investment Bank
    Managing Director/Senior Credit Officer
    Ubs Investment Bank 2004 - 2009
    New York, Ny And Stamford, Ct
    Co-head of Hedge Fund Credit for the Americas. Managed a team of 10 Credit Officers and Credit Analysts. Responsible for a portfolio of over 600 hedge fund counterparties trading a wide variety of strategies. Led and coordinated several Global Sector Reviews of UBS’ hedge fund credit portfolio. Protected bank from credit losses by aggressive, active management of deteriorating credits. Served as product partner for UBS’ Equities businesses globally, including Domestic and International Prime Brokerage, Securities Lending, OTC Derivatives and Exchange-Traded Derivatives. Point person for hedge fund credit on the integration of UBS’ acquisition of ABN’s futures business.
  • J.P. Morgan (Bank One)
    Managing Director/Capital Markets Credit Officer
    J.P. Morgan (Bank One) 2002 - 2004
    Chicago, Il
    Senior credit responsibility for Hedge Funds, Securities Firms and Money Managers. Managed team of seven credit officers and analysts in New York and Chicago overseeing a $1Bn Hedge Fund portfolio (25 relationships) and a $10Bn Securities Firms and Money Manager portfolio (65 relationships). Developed underwriting, due diligence, documentation and monitoring standards for hedge funds. Approved derivatives trading limits, trades, structured derivatives transactions and traditional credit facilities. Liaised between the trading desks and relationship credit for all OTC derivatives products. Managed Capital Markets Documentation Unit, including unit head and nine professionals, who were responsible for coordinating the documentation process for derivatives counterparties bank wide. Advised relationship credit on difficult ISDA negotiations with complex issues and provided training to credit officers on documentation standards and practices. Reviewed and approved initial margin limits for all futures clearing customers.
  • Merrill Lynch
    Vice President
    Merrill Lynch 2000 - 2002
    New York, Ny
  • Lehman Brothers
    Vice President
    Lehman Brothers 1999 - 2000
    New York, Ny
  • Deutsche Bank
    Principal/Group Credit Officer
    Deutsche Bank 1992 - 1999
    New York, Ny And Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • J.P. Morgan (First National Bank Of Chicago)
    Vice President And Credit Officer/Corporate Finance Manager
    J.P. Morgan (First National Bank Of Chicago) 1985 - 1992
    New York, Ny And Chicago, Il
  • J.P. Morgan (Manufacturers Hanover Trust)
    Assistant Secretary - Wall Street Department (Securities Industry Group)
    J.P. Morgan (Manufacturers Hanover Trust) 1982 - 1985

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Brian S. attended Georgetown University, New York University - Leonard N. Stern School Of Business, Worcester Academy, Francis W. Parker School.

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