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CBA LIVEABA Risk & ComplianceABA Bank Marketing SchoolCleveland Fed
Nice to meet you — I'm Charles

Compliance doesn't have to be the part everyone dreads.

I'm on a mission to prove that compliance — the thing most people in your organization quietly dread — can be one of the most useful, even interesting, conversations your team has all year.

As a former FDIC examiner and former bank Chief Compliance Officer, I've sat on both sides of the exam table. I turn what I learned there into talks that help your people see the why behind the rules — not just the rules.

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1,700+
CRA exams analyzed (yes, really)
Both sides
Examiner & compliance officer
Faculty
ABA Bank Marketing School
Zero
Regulations read aloud, ever
COMPLIANCE
Compliance isn't a box to check.
It's a story worth telling well.
CRA
Trusted to take the stage

The short list of credentials.

Presented at
CBA LIVE
National conference
Presented at
ABA Risk & Compliance
Annual conference
Faculty member
ABA Bank Marketing School
Marketing risk & compliance
Original research
1,700+ CRA evaluations
Analyzed & presented
Former
FDIC Examiner
Saw it from the inside
Former
Bank Chief Compliance Officer
Lived the exam stress
[ Your book
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The book

Make the data talk — in print.

Everything I teach from the stage, in a book your whole team can read: a plain-spoken guide to turning compliance data into decisions leadership actually acts on.

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What people say

The feedback I'm proudest of.

★★★★★

“Finally, a compliance speaker who gets our people to lean in instead of check their phones.”

— Conference Chair, state banking association
★★★★★

“He made our examiners and our lenders nod along to the same talk. I didn't think that was possible.”

— Chief Risk Officer, credit union
★★★★★

“Easily the highest-rated breakout of the whole conference. Bring him back.”

— Education Director, banking association
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Ready when you are

Ready to elevate your next event?

Tell me about your audience and what you need them walking out understanding. I'll come back with a session built for them.

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