Christopher Strout Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, NC, US

• Founded Climate Data Center of Excellence, centralized bespoke Line of Business processes into single Enterprise function
• Established integrated onshore / offshore data production team; launched Enterprise-wide climate data vendor rationalization; oversee centralized climate budgeting and Technology implementation
• Aligned prioritized use cases including Financed Emissions reporting, EU Taxonomy / regulatory disclosures, modeling / scenario analysis and client-level target management for large corporates
• Represent Bank of America and contribute to financial industry efforts focused on climate data consistency

Charlotte, NC, US

• Assessed fragmented Line of Business-level climate data operations; drove senior management decision to establish Enterprise approach
• Developed climate data strategic roadmap including single-source data provisioning
• Resolved outstanding climate data conflicts and established program governance
• Oversaw centralized climate Technology and data initiative budgeting process and implementation

Charlotte, NC, US

• Credit Risk Framework Climate Strategy | Employee Learning & Development
• Led integration of Climate Risk into Enterprise Credit Risk Framework
• Identified and championed opportunities for Climate Risk management across Enterprise Credit and Global Banking Risk disciplines and processes
• Developed international stakeholder coalitions across Risk, ESG and Lines of Business
• Interpreted and supported global / regional / Legal Entity response for Climate impacts to Credit RiskGuided teammate learning:
• Oversaw development and execution of Enterprise Credit Risk Management content for company-wide learning portal

Charlotte, NC, US

• Climate Risk | Credit Risk Data Effectiveness | Employee Engagement, Development & Inclusion
• Drove international workstream identifying key Climate Risk management metrics across the Global Risk organization
• Program managed end-to-end Enterprise Credit Risk response to Climate Risk priorities
• Oversaw development and implementation of comprehensive business catalogs encompassing Enterprise Credit and Global Banking Risk reports and Credit Risk limits
• Championed divisional Operational Excellence process integration initiative
• Led report sourcing efficiencies program, eliminating manual processes and improving control of multiple reporting functions

Charlotte, NC, US

• Drove development of business intelligence Tableau dashboards supporting data incident management, oversaw expansion to enterprise Risk functions
• Created enterprise-wide forum while leading Credit Risk data dictionary initiative, driving approach, implementation and process improvement across multiple LOBs
• Led data management governance workstream and served as Product Owner coordinating response for multi-application replatformingFoster teammate engagement:
• Led global networking initiatives for Enterprise Credit Risk Employee Satisfaction, Diversity and Inclusion
• Managed communications for group-level sub-council
• Drove organizational effectiveness workstream focused on data governance

Plano, Texas, US

• Delivered data governance client solutions while serving as team lead on-site at a Top 4 U.S. bank.Supported client team performance:
• Designed and implemented approach to Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Standards for lineage, controls and data quality reporting across multiple scrum teams supporting application re-platforming within Credit Risk
• Remediated compliance observations by linking Business, Operations and on- and off-shore Technology teams executing LOB-level controls; supported enterprise testing efforts
• Fostered client engagement and delivery excellence for on-site NTT DATA team

New York, NY, US

• Led Asset Management Sales Reporting data distribution and governance efforts
• Program managed $1+ million Sales Reporting portfolio linking front office, Operations and IT
• Designed and implemented DQ controls and dashboards assessing critical element CDEs and trendsDrove business results through data integration:
• Led client data initiative combining transaction, Salesforce, 3rd-party and product data
• Built data business cases through operational assessment including lineage and modeling
• Identified BI and analytics improvements including cross-divisional and enterprise data sourcing

Master Of Science (Ms), Predictive Analytics

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) With Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts In Journalism