SEATTLE — BECU has welcomed Ron Kullman as executive vice president and chief risk officer. In this role, Kullman will lead the credit union’s legal, risk, compliance and cybersecurity division.
“Ron brings more than 25 years of risk leadership experience across highly regulated financial services organizations to this pivotal role,” said Beverly Anderson, BECU’s president and chief executive officer. “I am confident he will help support BECU members by ensuring we operate within our defined risk appetite and proactively managing operational, legal, cyber and strategic risk, supporting sound decision-making and BECU’s long-term strategy.”
Before joining BECU, Kullman most recently served as chief risk officer for Toyota Bank, where he helped modernize governance, strengthen board and executive risk reporting and implement an enterprise risk framework to support significant growth. Prior to Toyota Bank, as chief risk officer at Employers Holdings, he built the company’s first enterprise risk management program, expanding risk, audit, compliance and information security capabilities. In addition, he held senior risk, security and credit leadership roles at State Farm Bank and credit policy and analytics roles at Chase Bank and Capital One.
Kullman holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from State University of New York, College at Fredonia.
