Executives
David H. Martens
Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
David H. Martens has been senior vice president and chief risk officer since June 2010. In this position, he manages the ongoing development of the Bank’s enterprise-wide risk management strategy and the effective integration of the Bank’s business strategy and risk management practices. He oversees enterprise risk management, market risk management, and credit and collateral risk management and chairs the Enterprise Risk Committee.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Martens was senior vice president, director of internal audit and enterprise risk management from June 2009 to May 2010; senior vice president, chief credit and collateral risk management officer, from 1998 to May 2009; and also had responsibility for enterprise risk management from 2004 to 2009. Mr. Martens was also the senior officer overseeing the Bank’s community investment programs from 1998 to 2004. He joined the Bank in April 1996 as vice president and director of internal audit. He has previous experience as chief accountant for the Office of Thrift Supervision; chief accountant for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and Federal Home Loan Bank System Examination and Supervision; vice president and supervisory agent with the Federal Home Loan Ban of San Francisco and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and independent auditor and audit manager for Ernst & Young LLP.
He is a certified financial planner, certified financial services auditor, and certified public accountant. Mr. Martens earned an M.S. in Finance at George Washington University and a B.S. in Accounting at Miami University.
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