CRO Perspectives: Building Resilient Risk Cultures amid Transformation

Kevin Van Solkema is Executive Managing Director and Special Advisor to the President and CEO for CIBC Bank USA. In this role, he assists in strategic planning, advises on regulatory compliance, and identifies risk trends to guide decision-making. He also engages with key stakeholders, including executive management, board members and regulators, to strengthen relationships and enhance communication between the various stakeholders. In addition, he oversees projects that align with the vision for CIBC Bank USA, driving initiatives that support the bank’s growth and success. He is also a member of the bank’s U.S. Region Executive Committee. 

Previously, Kevin served as Chief Risk Officer for CIBC’s U.S. Region, where he was responsible for the its Enterprise Risk Management Program, which included independent oversight of credit, operational, market, liquidity and reputational risks.  

Prior to joining The PrivateBank in 2008 (which was later acquired by CIBC in 2017), Kevin spent seven years in various risk management roles with Chicago-based LaSalle Bank and its parent company, ABN AMRO.  

Kevin received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Grand Valley State University and master’s degree in finance from Michigan State University. 

Cary Lyne is the President and Managing Principal Consultant for CJL Risk Enterprises. Mr. Lyne is also Co-Director of GARP’s Chicago Chapter and served as the President of GARP’s Buy Side Risk Managers Forum Roundtable of Executive Risk Officers from the Asset Management Industry. He has over 25 years of experience in leadership roles at Chicago-based financial services companies including Northern Trust Corporation where he was the first Global Head of Risk for Northern Trust Global Investments. He was also a member of the Northern Trust Corporation’s Executive Risk Council, Operational Risk Committee and Investment Policy Committee.

Mr. Lyne has held senior market and credit risk positions at JP Morgan Chase’s legacy banks including Bank One NA, First Chicago NBD and the First National Bank of Chicago. His last role at Bank One was Senior Market Risk Officer for Bank One’s global trading and capital markets businesses. He also served a two-year term appointment as a Senior Quantitative Risk Analyst in the Large Bank Section of the Division of Supervision & Consumer Protection at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Washington DC. Before he left the agency, he worked on an inter-agency effort to develop the ALM Model Lab at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to train regulatory agency staff. Over his career, he has developed a wide range of expertise across both Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Financial Risk Management disciplines.

Mr. Lyne holds a BS in Business Administration from Illinois Wesleyan University and an MBA in Finance from DePaul University’s Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. He is currently pursuing a Chartered Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) Certification through the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.