The Keys to Making MRM Work for Your Organization

Hannah is a Quantitative Consultant at Darling Consulting Group (DCG) working primarily in the realm of model validation and model risk management consulting. Through her career she has worked with a variety of models including CECL, DFAST, capital, credit and default rate models. She also performs Model Risk Management process reviews and consulting engagements.

Hannah began her career at DCG in the Data Analytics Group as a business systems analyst where she performed prepayment and deposit studies for community banks. From there, she was promoted to Quantitative Analyst where she assisted in model validations and model risk management engagements.

Using her technical knowledge and coding experience, she has and continues to produce automated reporting tools for various areas within the company and performs code reviews for models written in SAS, R, and Python.

Hannah earned her Bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston University. She has also earned a MicroMasters Certificate from Georgia Tech in Analytics: Essential Tools and Methods.

With nearly 30 years of experience in balance sheet and model risk management, hands-on experience in audit and leading the operations of DCG’s Financial Analytics Department, Mark has unique expertise for optimizing and “right-sizing” risk management in the community, mid-size, and large banking space.

In his current role, Mark facilitates educational programs and collaborative workshops and is a trusted resource for financial institutions, industry, and state trade associations, as well as regulatory agencies on a variety of balance sheet and model risk management/validation topics, including IRR, Liquidity, CECL, BSA/AML, MRM/ERM, and ALCO.

Mark is a frequent author and top-rated speaker on a vast array of risk management topics and is Past-Chairman of the Financial Managers Society’s Board of Directors. The son of an educator and member of the faculties of Pacific Coast Banking School and Southwest Graduate School of Banking, Mark’s passion for teaching drives his desire to work with bankers to strive for excellence within their organizations.

Mark lives on the North Shore of Boston with his wife, two children, and two dogs. He is a graduate of St. Michael’s College in Vermont with a degree in accounting.