Christopher Rankin was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada) in August 2016. In this role, he is responsible for BDC’s credit and risk management organization including BDC's enterprise-wide risk framework, risk operations, processes and systems, and also oversees BDC’s risk management and reporting. He joined BDC from Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Canada where he had been the Chief Risk Officer, continuing the role he had held since 2013 at GE Capital Americas Canada, prior to Wells Fargo's acquisition of GE Capital's North American Direct Equipment and Vendor financing businesses as of March 1, 2016.Prior to being appointed Chief Risk Officer of GE Capital Americas Canada, over a nearly 18 year career at GE Capital, he held various senior credit and risk management (including Senior Risk Officer, Canada & Work-Out Leader, Canada) and commercial roles within the organization.