Session Presenters
Chris Funck
Managing Director
Chatham Financial
Ben Lewis
Managing Director and Global Head of Sales
Chatham Financial
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Chris Funck
Managing Director
Chatham Financial
Chris Funck Is a managing director at Chatham Financial. He leads the financial institutions product team with a focus on developing, delivering and supporting enterprise-grade software products for financial institution clients. Mr. Funck joined Chatham in 2007, where he first served as program manager on the technology team.
Prior to Chatham Financial, Mr. Funck held project management positions for product-focused companies, including the Nielsen Company and MapQuest.com.
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Ben Lewis
Managing Director and Global Head of Sales
Chatham Financial
Ben Lewis is a managing director and global head of sales for Chatham’s Financial institutions practice. Mr. Lewis has worked with depositories of all sizes helping them manage interest rate risk through the prudent use of hedging strategies. Prior to his work with financial institutions, Mr. Lewis worked with private equity firms and REITs to hedge their interest rate and foreign currency risk.
Prior to joining Chatham, Mr. Lewis served 8 years in the U.S. Navy as a P-3C Orion Naval flight officer serving in both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Breakout 2: Navigating a Volatile Rate Environment: Helping Commercial Customers and Institutions
The events of March 2023 brought to light risks on bank balance sheets. As a result, banks have realized that low-probability scenarios (like +/- 400 bps shocks) are no longer theoretical and are looking at how they can manage those outlier scenarios with hedging strategies. In addition, there is growing concern about commercial real estate borrowers and the impacts of continued Fed tightening, deposit outflow, and weakening credit appetite. So how can a bank get ahead of the risk for its balance sheet and with borrowers? We explore the tools that exist today to help both constituents navigate this uncertainty.
