Marcus Cree
Managing Director and Head of Financial Technology and Services
Marcus heads GreenPoint Financial Technology and Services and has conceptualized and directed design and management of its Risk Management and Treasury and Capital Markets platforms. These areas encompass lending (including CECL), sustainable finance, and LIBOR/RFR transition for enterprise systems.
Marcus has over two decades of experience in Risk Management, working on both the buy and sell sides of the financial services industry. He has worked on capital markets and lending risk technology and management projects in over 50 countries and brings a unique perspective on the nuances and differences across regulatory regimes around the world.
Before joining GreenPoint, Marcus was a member of the strategic leadership team for risk management at Finastra for several years. Prior to Finastra, Marcus was the US Head of Risk Solutions for FIS. He started his professional career at Deutsche Bank in London as a Quantitative Analyst.
Marcus is a prolific conference speaker, thought leader, and author in risk management spanning market, credit, and liquidity risks. He also publishes papers on sustainability and green finance regularly.
Marcus graduated from Leicester University in the UK, after studying Pure Mathematics, Phycology, and Astronomy. Since graduation, Marcus has continually gained risk-specific qualifications including the FRM (GARP’s Financial Risk Manager) and the SCR (GARP’s Sustainability and Climate Risk). Marcus’s latest academic initiative is creating and teaching a course on Green Finance and Risk Management at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering.