Brian Rinsky

Brian joined APPA after five years as the Chief Credit Examiner and Head of Regulatory Affairs for the New York Branch of MUFG Trust Bank, a subsidiary of MUFG and one of the world’s largest financial institutions. In that dual role, Brian was responsible for evaluating and overseeing credit risk within the firm’s $10 billion loan portfolio, which included commercial real estate and fund finance loans. Brian also managed the entire regulatory affairs framework, building and maintaining relationships with the New York State Department of Financial Services, the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and San Francisco, and since November 2017, the OCC. Prior to that, Brian was the bank regulatory director in the fixed income group at Citigroup.

Brian started his career as a bank examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch in 2000, where he rose up the ranks to a senior staff manager and senior examiner. In that capacity, Brian oversaw a team of 16 senior bank examiners, and led and participated on reviews at some of the country’s largest financial organizations.

Brian graduated with a B.A. in Economics from UCLA in 2000, and has continued his education throughout his career, earning certificates in accounting and commercial real estate from UCLA Extension in 2003 and 2005, respectively, and then becoming a CFA charterholder in 2010.