Peter Reynolds is a Senior Advisor at Treliant where he advises C-suite executives and boards on matters pertaining to risk management and compliance consistent with regulatory requirements and expectations. Peter is a global transformational risk and compliance executive with over 40 years of experience holding C-suite roles at Fortune 100 multinational financial services and Big 4 accounting firms. He is a former bank regulator and trusted advisor to business heads, CEOs, and boards on the tactical and strategic responses to regulatory sanctions and emerging risk issues and has a proven record of leading organizations through challenging periods, most notably during the 2008 financial crisis and aftermath.  

Prior to joining Treliant, Peter was at Deloitte as a Managing Director where he helped lead and develop a cross-functional Fintech practice, serving on the Executive Committee. While there, he advised global financial services institutions and fintech companies on building risk and compliance programs. Prior to Deloitte, Peter was with Citibank where under his leadership, he directed the successful integration of Citibank’s largest bank acquisition in Asia: KorAm Bank in Seoul Korea. In addition, Peter was instrumental in leading the bank’s corporate work-out efforts in Western Europe for state-owned airlines. Subsequently, Peter assumed a leadership role in Enron’s court appointed Credit Committee on behalf of Citibank.   

As Chief Compliance Officer at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Peter integrated the compliance functions of ABN Amro Bank and remediated a global Cease and Desist Order by regulators for Anti-Money Laundering practices.  Peter’s ability to manage crisis extended to the world’s largest data breach (at the time) by Worldpay where he successfully led remediation efforts with all 50 State Attorney Generals offices, FBI, bank regulators, and management and board, regaining the firm’s reputation and enabling its sale. As Chief Risk Officer, a newly created position for Barclays Wealth Americas, and member of the Executive Management Committee, Peter designed and implemented a comprehensive credit and operational risk organization including an Operational Risk Framework that resulted in significant capital charge relief. 

At Treliant, Peter leverages his broad consulting, fintech, banking, regulatory, and rating agency experience to advise in the development and successful implementation of risk management programs inclusive of compliance, credit, and operational risk disciplines. Peter advises C-suite and board executives on regulatory risk and compliance, specific to the requirements and expectations of regulators and industry leading practices. Additionally, Peter advises on emerging risk topics both internal and external to financial services companies. 

Peter is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross. 

Areas of Specialization

  • Bank Management
  • Charter Applications
  • Commercial Banking
  • Compliance Programs
  • Conduct Risk
  • Consumer Laws / Regulations
  • Corporate Governance
  • Credit Card / Payments
  • Credit Risk (Business)
  • Credit Risk (Consumer)
  • Due Diligence
  • Executive Leadership
  • Fintech Compliance
  • Independent Monitorships and Consultancies
  • Litigation Support / Expert Witness Testimony
  • Lookbacks
  • Operational Risk
  • Project Management
  • Regulatory Exam / Management
  • Regulatory Relations
  • Remediation Plans / Implementation and Effectiveness Testing
  • Risk Assessments
  • Strategy / Strategic Planning
  • Third-Party Risk Mitigation