Kevin Van Solkema
Kevin Van Solkema is Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer at The PrivateBank, responsible for overall Risk Management including credit risk, operational risk and enterprise risk. Additional responsibilities include Loan Review, Credit Policy, Asset Quality reporting and Loan Workout. He is a member of The PrivateBank Executive Committee.
Prior to joining The PrivateBank, Van Solkema spent seven years in various risk management roles with Chicago-based LaSalle Bank and its parent company, ABN AMRO. He most recently served as the Deputy Chief Credit Officer for LaSalle Bank and was responsible for credit approval working with the company’s lending units to evaluate and approve extensions of credit to achieve sustainable portfolio quality and earnings growth. Other roles included leading the commercial credit approval team and overseeing the Commercial Risk Management unit; serving as Head of Consumer Risk Management for North America at ABN AMRO/LaSalle Bank responsible for all credit and operational risk management activities for ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, LaSalle Bank’s Consumer Lending and portfolio mortgage unit.
VanSolkema earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Grand Valley State University and MBA in finance from Michigan State University.
