Chris Ewing

About Chris Ewing

Experienced Banking and Financial Services Executive who effectively partners with corporate leadership as a trusted advisor, change agent, and valued leader. A history of improving the P&L of multibillion-dollar businesses and managing multimillion-dollar programs to include: business turnarounds, system deployments, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and divestitures. Enterprise Problem Solver with proven Risk Management, Technology, and Organizational Leadership expertise leveraged to improve performance in multiple banking and financial services organizations. Broad and deep experience in Corporate Strategy, Strategic Ventures, Risk Management, Business Management, Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking and Technology with a reputation as an energetic people leader, strategic visionary and a Continuous Improvement expert. Career history reflects a track record of success with accelerated promotions and numerous executive leadership roles in Fortune 500 corporations with global customers, global vendors, and stiff competition. Demonstrated performance in:• Risk Management: Leadership in compliance, credit risk, and operational risk. Framework development, governance, execution, and MRIA remediation. Regulator engagement • Digital Strategy: Design, development, and implementation (robotics, workflow, and AI) • Expense Reduction: Corporate leadership of a 4-year,$400MM expense reduction program required to improve operating leverage, efficiency rations, net income, and peer competitiveness • Continuous Improvement: Six Sigma program design and deployment Total financial impact of most recent deployment was $143MM over the course of 4 years. • New Venture Leadership: Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and product development leadership • Restructuring Leadership: Enterprise, Business Model, and Functional Transformation • Vendor Management: Global supplier quality leadership and vendor risk management experience

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   Oneascent Wealth

   Jul 2025 — Present · Birmingham, AL, US

Education

• United States Military Academy at West Point

  Engineering Management, Business Administration, Management and Operations

Skills

• Business Strategy
• Change Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Operational Risk Management
• Expense Reduction
• Financial Risk
• Portfolio Management
• Loans
• Regulatory Compliance
• Team Building
• Management
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Credit Risk
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Strategic Consulting
• Business Process
• Business Process Improvement
• Underwriting
• Lean Six Sigma
• Military Leadership
• Financial Analysis
• Digital Strategy
• Performance Management
• Financial Services
• Product Development
• Credit
• Executive Management
• Turnaround Experience
• Fintech
• Strategic Vision
• Operations Management
• Process Engineering
• Operational Risk
• Program Management
• Six Sigma
• Organizational Leadership