T. J. Frey

Seasoned risk and regulatory leader with more than 25 years of experience

Role
Center of Excellence Director at Huntington National Bank
Location
Chicago, IL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About T. J. Frey

Risk Management professional with 25+ years of public and private experience identifying risks in banking operations, and developing sound solutions for complex business challenges. Accomplished individual known for designing, establishing, and improving reporting and governance frameworks to ensure maximum quality and operational efficacy. Recognized for deploying risk-focused approach to drive process innovation through delivery of company-wide change management initiatives to support attainment of objectives. Demonstrated expertise in maintaining adherence with regulatory standards, transforming underperforming areas to ensure organizational excellence, translating critical business data into applicable insights, and leading cross-functional team activities across drive geographical locations.Areas of Expertise: Risk Management, Process Development & Optimization, Financial Analysis, Performance Optimization, Root Cause Analysis, Data Analysis, Portfolio Management, Documentation & Reporting, Policy Development & Implementation, and Regulatory ComplianceIndustry Experience: Finance and Banking

Experience

  1. Center of Excellence Director

    Huntington National Bank

    Feb 2025 — Present

    Provides enterprise leadership to standardize and strengthen risk oversight across the 2nd Line of Defense by centralizing validation, enhancing control assessment practices, and establishing policy adherence monitoring. Drives efficiency, consistency, and transparency through a unified approach to governance and continuous improvement of risk management capabilities.• Centralized Validation Governance: Transformed decentralized oversight into an enterprise-level validation process, elevating transparency, accountability, and regulatory confidence in 2LOD control effectiveness.• Enterprise RCSA Leadership: Designed and implemented a unified Risk and Control Self-Assessment methodology across all 2LOD functions, enabling consistent risk identification, testing, and reporting.• Policy Adherence & Efficiency Gains: Built an ongoing monitoring process to evaluate policy compliance while identifying opportunities to streamline activities and centralize functions to achieve

Education

  • DePaul Driehaus College of Business

    MBA, Finance

    2000 — 2005

  • Eastern Illinois University

    BSB, Finance

    1994 — 1998

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