D. Wilson Ervin has worked in finance for roughly four decades, mostly in the private sector. He was the global Chief Risk Officer of Credit Suisse throughout the 2008 Financial Crisis and a member of the Executive Board from 2005-2009. From 1982- 1998, Mr. Ervin held responsibilities in various front office divisions: capital markets, Australian investment banking, derivatives structuring, and mergers & acquisitions.

After the events of 2008, Mr. Ervin moved to a policy role, focusing on reforms to address the banking crisis. He received Risk Magazine’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his work in proposing and developing the “bail-in” strategy to enable the resolution of large banks, as well as his role as a CRO.

In 2021-22, he worked pro-bono as a senior advisor to Emergent, a tropical forest protection organization. From 2023-24, he worked as a counselor in the U.S. Treasury, focusing on climate finance and financial stability issues.

He currently serves on the boards of C2ES, Equilibrium Capital and City Harvest, as well as the FDIC Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee.

Mr. Ervin received his A.B., summa cum laude, in Economics from Princeton University. He resides in New York city with his wife and daughters.