Jim Haught

Jim Haught brings almost 30 years of risk, capital, and training experience with extensive knowledge of modeling, forecasting, and risk measurement. Currently, Jim is a Managing Partner of the Exequor Group (www.exequorgroup.com). Exequor is a consulting practice with focus areas in modeling and risk management in the Financial Services and Life Sciences industries. Jim built the Financial Services practice, and serves as the firm expert in Comprehensive Capital Assessment and Review (CCAR) and Dodd-Frank Act Stress Testing (DFAST). In his advisory capacity, Jim built stress testing and capital planning training programs, and works with banking clients to assist them with governance, documentation, model development and validation, and program management for risk and treasury initiatives. Beyond his responsibilities with Exequor, Jim serves as the President of CogForma Labs (CFL). CFL builds and deploys behavioral cash flow models for use in forecasting bank asset contractual, prepayment, and credit related cash flows in support of stress testing efforts. Before becoming a consultant, Jim was the Global Head of Capital at State Street with responsibilities that included coordinating the CCAR submission, producing the Capital Plan, designing and running the ICAAP for the organization, building the risk adjusted performance framework for the lines of business, and leading all capital actions. Mr. Haught is well experienced with all Basel regimes, Economic Capital and stress testing including the forecasting of those measures. Prior to joining State Street, he served in various risk and capital positions at RBS Citizens, including leading quantitative teams responsible for credit modeling and pricing, implementing the bank’s ALM model, building the commercial rating framework, and designing and implementing the initial Basel II advanced models for credit risk measurement. Jim began his career at RBS Citizens as a commercial lender, but was drawn into risk through his fascination with risk-adjusted returns. Mr. Haught began his career as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy. While in the Navy, Mr. Haught spent his last years before his leaving the service as a Gas Turbine Engineering trainer in Newport, RI. During this tour, he was designated as a Master Training Specialist. Jim has a BA from the University of Rochester, and he received his MBA from the University of Rhode Island. Jim is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and a Professional Risk Manager (PRM).