David M. Wright
Associate Director
Risk Management
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Mr. Wright is responsible for undertaking and coordinating risk management initiatives as they arise in the Federal Reserve System’s ongoing supervision of institutions. He oversees the development of supervisory policies and guidance for evaluating banking credit, market and operational risks and the overall adequacy of bank risk management systems. Recent work has focused on Basel internal ratings implementation initiatives that more fully integrate evaluations of bank internal ratings systems into the Federal Reserve’s supervision program. In addition to these initiatives, Mr. Wright keeps the Board of Governors and System supervisory personnel informed as significant risk trends, issues or potential concerns emerge.

Prior to joining the Federal Reserve in 1991, Mr. Wright was a Vice President with the First Boston Corporation, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and corporate valuations. Mr. Wright received a B.A. from Wake Forest University and M.B.A from the College of William and Mary.