Mark Trembacki is a resourceful strategic risk management and cyber security expert with substantial financial services subject matter experience. In addition to an MBA in Finance from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Accounting with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mark is a CPA who received the Elijah Watt Sells certificate for scores in the top 1% nationally. He is a qualified Audit Committee Financial Expert and has been recognized as a Governance Fellow by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
To stay on top of the latest developments, Mark successfully completed a Cyber Security Management Graduate Certificate from the University of Virginia. He earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight issued by Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, the recognized leader in cybersecurity education, through the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)’s Cyber-Risk Oversight Program.
Mark has significant mergers and acquisitions integration, global and domestic enterprise risk management, oversight/governance and transformational change experience. Previously Mark was an executive leader with BMO Financial Group where he began in commercial real estate and corporate banking, rising up the ranks through Enterprise Risk Management, Acquisition Integration and Alignment, to COO, Commercial Banking and then SVP, Risk Integration. Mark managed 200 employees and directed key business and enterprise risk management (ERM) initiatives across numerous business units and risk types—credit, market, operational, liquidity, business continuity, regulatory, fiduciary, and reputation, including:
Mark has also been an Instructor of Finance teaching Enterprise Risk Management in the Masters of Finance program for the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is also the author of:
In addition to consulting, Mark is:
To stay on top of the latest developments, Mark successfully completed a Cyber Security Management Graduate Certificate from the University of Virginia. He earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight issued by Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, the recognized leader in cybersecurity education, through the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)’s Cyber-Risk Oversight Program.
Mark has significant mergers and acquisitions integration, global and domestic enterprise risk management, oversight/governance and transformational change experience. Previously Mark was an executive leader with BMO Financial Group where he began in commercial real estate and corporate banking, rising up the ranks through Enterprise Risk Management, Acquisition Integration and Alignment, to COO, Commercial Banking and then SVP, Risk Integration. Mark managed 200 employees and directed key business and enterprise risk management (ERM) initiatives across numerous business units and risk types—credit, market, operational, liquidity, business continuity, regulatory, fiduciary, and reputation, including:
- Leading the Bank’s first reputation risk management efforts that became global policy, potentially saving up to 25% in average subsequent drops in market capitalization by minimizing possible reputation losses.
- Captured $15M in cost synergies by spearheading the acquisition integration effort for all ERM functions and processes for Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) into BMO Harris Bank, which involved a $40M risk integration budget covering 1,000 U.S. employees.
- Directed launch of a complete acquisition integration framework for BMO Harris Bank that reduced integration time by 25%.
- Headed an acquisition integration function that successfully integrated seven bank acquisitions comprising over $5.75 billion in assets and 102 retail branch locations that reduced operating costs by 20%.
Mark has also been an Instructor of Finance teaching Enterprise Risk Management in the Masters of Finance program for the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is also the author of:
- An article published in Directors & Boards magazine - "5Rs to Demystify Cybersecurity" in which he and his co-author, Eileen Kamerick, articulate a straightforward and uncluttered framework for directors to oversee cyber risk.
- “Closing the Cyber Security Risk Door:” a white paper on key steps to thwart 80% of cyber security intrusions with a summarized version published in Intelligent Risk, the quarterly journal of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) - "PRMIA’s Closing the Cyber Security Risk Door."
- “Influencing Your Organization’s Risk Culture:” an Intelligent Risk article on proactively affecting risk culture.
In addition to consulting, Mark is:
- Chair of the DuPage Children’s Museum Board where he is overseeing a CEO transition; in his prior role as Treasurer helped DCM survive a flood and nine-month closure by advising management on effective cash flow preservation methods.
- Treasurer and Chair of Finance and Audit Committee at the Chicago Historical Society; as the former Chair of the Chicago Metro History Education Center (CMHEC), he was instrumental in the merger of CMHEC into the larger Chicago History Museum.