Executive Bio
Mr. Dwayne A. Sharpy has been the Chief Risk Officer and Executive Vice President at Opus Bank since May 17, 2016. Mr. Sharpy is a 30-years banking veteran with extensive domestic and global banking, securities and capital markets regulatory and operational enterprise-wide risk management experience. He joined Opus from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., where he served as Commercial Banking Compliance Managing Director, having joined JPMorgan Chase in 2006. At JPMorgan Chase, he was responsible for the implementation, management and administration of a comprehensive compliance program for its Commercial Banking division, including the management of relationships with external banking and securities regulators such as the OCC, CFPB, SEC, FINRA and NYSE. He served as a key member of JPMorgan Chase's Commercial Banking Management and Risk Committees and was responsible for ensuring compliance with all federal, state, municipal and local rules and regulations for both banking and securities regulators. From 1995 to 2003, he served as Risk Management and Chief Operating Officer of Private Client & Asset Management Division of Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), where he was responsible for the entire review of the Global Private Client and Asset Management business, including the review of global credit and operational risk internal controls, identification of best practices, streamlining risk management processes and procedures and the development and implementation of enhanced global risk management strategy. At Deutsche Bank, he was Group Head in the Corporate & Investment Bank for Investment Bank Division, where he focused on Credit Risk Management and Asset Quality Review and as Regional Manager of Credit Risk Group, in the Regional Head Office Audit Department of Americas. In his career, he served at Bank of America focusing on credit risk management and at KPMG Peat Marwick with a financial services specialization. Mr. Sharpy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Massachusetts College, where he graduated with honors and holds a Certificate in Financial Risk Management from New York University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.