Group Executive Profiles
Alden Toevs
Group Chief Risk Officer
Alden joined the Group on 23 June 2008 as Group Chief Risk Officer. Alden provides leadership in ensuring effective risk management and risk governance across the Group and also acts as an advisor to the Bank’s Board and Executive Management on risk management.
Prior to commencing with the Group, Alden led First Manhattan Consulting Group’s risk management, MIS and mortgage banking practice areas for 15 years, and was lead consulting partner between 2000 and 2008. Over his eighteen years of consulting with First Manhattan, Alden has advised more than 100 banks globally on risk, strategy, mergers and performance measurement.
His former roles include Head of Mortgage Research at Morgan Stanley and in academia as Professor of Economics at University of Oregon in the United States. Alden has a Ph.D. with honors from Tulane University.
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