Many community bankers assume that because of their size, there are limited benefits to implementing an enterprise risk management (ERM) process.  Given the impact of the latest financial crisis, ERM programs offer several advantages for banks of all sizes.  In this video, David Ruffin of Credit Risk Management, LLC, explains those benefits and what to avoid. 


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David Ruffin

Principal

David Ruffin is a principal at IntelliCredit, A Division of QwickRate.  His extensive experience in the financial industry includes an emphasis on credit risk in a variety of roles that range from bank lender and senior credit officer to co-founder of the successful Credit Risk Management, LLC consultancy and professor at several banking schools.  A prolific publisher of credit-focused articles, he is a frequent speaker at trade association forums, where he shares insights gained helping lending institutions evaluate credit risk—in both its transactional form as well as the risk associated with portfolios based on a more emergent macro strategy.  Over the course of decades, Mr. Ruffin has led teams providing thousands of loan reviews and performed hundreds of due diligence engagements focused on M&A and capital raising.