Ryan Specialty Holdings has appointed Waleed K. Husain as its first Chief Risk Officer.
As an industry enterprise risk management veteran, Waleed has expertise in identifying, analysing and mitigating internal and external risks for financial services firms.
In 2011, he joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in the Supervision & Regulation department and had risk oversight for a portfolio of financial institutions amidst the 2008 financial crisis.
In 2017, he joined JPMorgan Chase’s Community Bank, where he served as Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer.
Then in late 2017, he joined Wintrust Financial as Senior Vice President of Risk Management, where he played an active role in tightening corporate risk management across liquidity, interest rate risk, market risk and balance sheet management activities within the company.
Addressing his new role, Waleed, said: “I am so pleased to have the opportunity to join Ryan Specialty. The firm holds an outstanding reputation in the industry, and I look forward to strategically partnering with this highly skilled management team to develop new risk management solutions for such a world class organization.”
Jeremiah R. Bickham, CFO of Ryan Specialty, added: “We are excited to welcome Waleed to our team. Adding the role of Chief Risk Officer is a natural evolution for Ryan Specialty, and Waleed has deep experience in enterprise risk management for financial services companies. We look forward to working with Waleed in our continual pursuit of operational excellence across our firm.”
