Session Presenters
Risk & Audit Issues
This panel of bankers discusses the latest issues and topics surrounding audit and risk committees.
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Audit Committee Chair
InBank
Director and Risk Committee Chair
Byline Bank
Editor-at-Large
Bank Director
Audit Committee Chair
InBank
Mary-Margaret Henke serves as an independent director and audit committee chair for InBank. She brings 30 years business experience in financial services and energy and leverages a 3-in-1 combination of finance, technology and regulatory governance expertise. Previously, she served on the Farm Credit of Southern Colorado board as audit committee and risk committee vice-chair.
Ms. Henke began her career with nearly 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Most recently, she spent over 12 years at Western Union, a leader in global payment services. During her tenure at Western Union, she held a wide variety of leadership roles with increasing responsibility. She served as chief audit executive navigating the continually evolving regulatory environment and increasingly complex technology landscape. With her passion for learning and development, she led significant advancement in talent development and audit data analytic capabilities.
Director and Risk Committee Chair
Byline Bank
Steve Kent is a director and the risk committee chair at Byline Bank. He has served on the board of directors since June 2019. He is also a member of the audit, executive credit, compensation, governance and nominating and ALCO committees.
Mr. Kent served as vice chairman and a managing director of the financial services group at Piper Sandler Companies (formerly Piper Jaffray Companies) until January 2021, where he focused on merger and acquisition advisory and capital market transactions for financial services companies. Prior to joining Piper Sandler in October 2015, Mr. Kent co-founded and served as president of River Branch Capital from March 2011 through its sale to Piper Jaffray in September 2015. Mr. Kent advised client banking companies on capital management, equity recapitalizations, merger and acquisition transactions and private equity executions where, in select instances, affiliates of River Branch acted as an investing principal.
Editor-at-Large
Bank Director
Jack Milligan is editor-at-large of Bank Director magazine, a position to which he brings over 40 years of experience in financial journalism organizations. Mr. Milligan directs Bank Director’s editorial coverage and leads its director training efforts. He has a master’s degree in Journalism from The Ohio State University.
This panel of bankers discusses the latest issues and topics surrounding audit and risk committees.