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Supporting Growth with Effective Challenge

Presenters: Alison Trapp and Ancin Cooley

Challenge functions such as the credit department or loan review are not traditionally considered supportive of growth. Credit is usually viewed as slowing down a process and saying no as often as yes, and loan review is seen as trying to find something wrong with everything. These are hardly characteristics that a financial institution would find conducive to growing assets. However, the financial institution is not simply trying to grow assets. It is trying to grow assets in a safe and sound way.

With that goal in mind, challenge functions play a critical role. Effective challenge seeks not to say no but rather to create a partnership between the lines of defense in an effort to meet the financial institution’s overall goal.

Join Alison Trapp of Sageworks and Ancin Cooley of Synergy Bank Consulting LLC for this webinar as we discuss how effective challenge supports growth in the financial institution.

Watch to learn:

  • The critical role of challenge functions
  • How effective challenge can support growth
  • Ways to improve the efficiency of challenge functions

 

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About the Presenters

Alison Trapp
Alison Trapp, Advisory Services

Alison Trapp leads the credit risk practice for Sageworks Advisory Services team. Her expertise is in credit administration, risk rating development, and policy implementation.

Alison joined Sageworks after spending 17 years on the commercial credit risk team at GE Capital and then working with mid-sized commercial banks through her own consultancy. She is certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian Studies from Ursinus College as well as a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University.

Ancin Cooley
Ancin Cooley, Principal

Ancin Cooley is a Principal with Synergy Bank Consulting, Inc. and has primarily focused his practice on providing financial institutions with services such as loan reviews, information technology audits, internal audits, directors’ exams, and regulatory compliance reviews.

He holds both the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designations. He is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Appraisal Institute, and Risk Management Association.In addition to his consulting services, Ancin Cooley provides training to community bankers on several topics.