Chad Blakeman

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Senior Financial Services Executive: Commercial Credit, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management @ Wells Fargo
Chad Blakeman's Location
Evanston, Illinois, United States, United States
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About Chad Blakeman

Experienced financial executive with diverse experience in lending, private equity, advisory and FinTech platforms. Strong credit skills in risk, due diligence, portfolio management, credit policy in addition to workout experience. Extensive knowledge of all levels of capital structuring, generating creative deal structures that meet organizational and customer goals, and have supported financial activities for an array of industries including software, technology, data, media, commercial and industrial. Possessing an ability to analyze and synthesize client needs, integrate them into the business goals through practical, long-term solutions is prepared to assume a leadership position across the entire credit lifecycle. Unique blend of skills and knowledge in various lending and corporate finance discipline as well as progressive experience operating cryptocurrency and NFT products.

Chad Blakeman's Current Company Details
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

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Senior Financial Services Executive: Commercial Credit, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management
Chad Blakeman Work Experience Details
  • Wells Fargo
    Enterprise Risk Director
    Wells Fargo Jun 2023 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
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  • Wells Fargo
    Head Of Merchant Services Commercial/Corporate Banking Segment Risk
    Wells Fargo Jun 2023 - Jan 2024
    San Francisco, California, Us
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  • Checkout.Com
    Senior Director, Portfolio Management
    Checkout.Com 2022 - May 2023
    London, England, Gb
    Executive lead on risk management of a portfolio of over 800 large enterprise merchants. Sit on firm wide credit risk and credit watch committees, and managed a global team of portfolio managers. Lead various special projects including financial/credit analysis training for the team, determining risk management strategies for high risk industries (reporting to executive suite), implementing watch list strategies to minimize losses and building out new scoring models.
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  • Paypal
    Senior Director, Large Enterprise (Underwriting & Portfolio Management)
    Paypal 2018 - 2022
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    Supervised a global staff of 180 with direct reports in Dublin, Singapore, Bangalore, Chandler, Omaha, and Chicago. Team focused on largest/highest risk merchants covering underwriting, merchant onboarding, credit risk, periodic review, processing risk and loss minimalization strategies. Lead member of Credit Risk Committee for approvals for all large merchants, policy formation, custom contract negotiations, KPI/KRI formation and entry to new industries. Implemented standard risk rating methodology across portfolio to establish standardized risk language across the firm.
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  • Genpact, Llc
    Managing Director, Risk Management Services
    Genpact, Llc 2015 - 2018
    Specialize in statistical credit loss modeling (validation, stress, and back testing) to meet Basel & Federal Reserve Bank standards for large commercial portfolios. Modify strategic risk perspective in managing credit, losses, and exposures. Supervised a team of 15 risk professionals. • New credit risk models allowed for a decrease of up to 15% capital deployed for commercial portfolios adding 150bps increase in returns. • Validation project on Leveraged Lending portfolio positively impacting $26 bil combined leveraged loans, Health Care, TMT. Modified approach to credit risk modeling decreased applied capital to portfolio by 10%, increasing returns by 140 bps.• Launched new Credit Loss Provisioning for IASB & FASB standards impacting portfolios of $500 billion between 3 SIFIs (Significantly Important Financial Institutions).
  • Vista Equity Partners
    Senior Vice President And Head, Vista Credit Opportunities Fund
    Vista Equity Partners 2012 - 2015
    Austin, Tx, Us
    Led all aspects of launching a new debt fund focused on senior and junior debt investments in transactional based debt financing. Responsible for credit policies and procedures, risk rating scale, sourcing, underwriting and portfolio management; leading a team of 6.
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  • Castleguard Partners Llc (Successor To Freeport Financial)
    Managing Director (Capital Markets & Advisory)
    Castleguard Partners Llc (Successor To Freeport Financial) 2010 - 2012
    Glenview, Il, Us
    Duties included capital raising, invest in leveraged loans, purchase portfolios, advise separately managed accounts and corporate clients. Responsible for the senior secured portfolio to provide above market returns to investors on a risk adjusted basis, with an 8-person team.
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  • Freeport Financial
    Managing Director – Chief Risk Officer
    Freeport Financial 2004 - 2010
    Us
    Responsible for the management of 6 teams (21 people) and the underwriting/risk management, credit approval authority to $50 mm. Drafted underwriting/portfolio management credit policy.
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  • Ge Capital (Heller Financial)
    Senior Vice President Risk Management
    Ge Capital (Heller Financial) 1995 - 2004
    Senior leadership position within the leveraged finance group; ran a team of 18 personnel (predominantly Underwriters). Responsibility for a $1B+ portfolio of 72 loans that backed a variety of private equity transactions including.
  • Bank Of America
    Vice President Of Underwriting
    Bank Of America 1990 - 1994
    Charlotte, Nc, Us
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  • First National Bank Of Chicago (Jp Morgan Chase)
    Credit Analyst
    First National Bank Of Chicago (Jp Morgan Chase) 1986 - 1989

Chad Blakeman Skills

Private Equity Leveraged Finance Financial Structuring Portfolio Management Capital Markets Mergers And Acquisitions Investments Risk Management Corporate Finance Asset Based Lending Loan Origination Lbo Financial Modeling Credit Analysis Loans Cash Flow Structured Finance Mezzanine Alternative Investments Hedge Funds Fixed Income Recapitalizations Growth Capital Fund Of Funds Alternative Assets Deal Execution Capital Raising M&a Experience Bonds Mergers Secondaries Deal Sourcing Private Equity Funding Principal Investing

Chad Blakeman Education Details

  • Depaul University
    Depaul University
    Accounting And Finance
  • University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Concentration In Finance

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Chad Blakeman works for Wells Fargo

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Chad Blakeman's current role is Senior Financial Services Executive: Commercial Credit, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management.

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What schools did Chad Blakeman attend?

Chad Blakeman attended Depaul University, University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Chad Blakeman has skills like Private Equity, Leveraged Finance, Financial Structuring, Portfolio Management, Capital Markets, Mergers And Acquisitions, Investments, Risk Management, Corporate Finance, Asset Based Lending, Loan Origination, Lbo.

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