EagleBank announced the appointment of Jay Namputhiripad as Chief Risk Officer, replacing Jeff Curry after his retirement this month. A 23-year veteran in the risk and compliance field, Namputhiripad will be responsible for overseeing EagleBank's internal and external risk and compliance processes. Before joining EagleBank, Namputhiripad was Managing Director at The Bancorp.

In this role, he set up and scaled the Global Financial Crimes Risk Management Center of Excellence that successfully delivered on regulatory risk and compliance initiatives. He played a key role in remediating a prior FDIC consent order, enabling significant business growth and a dramatic increase in market valuation. Namputhiripad also previously served as the Head of Americas Branch Operations Risk at Morgan Stanley and Chief Risk Officer and Director -- Compliance & Strategy at FHL Bank's Office of Finance.

He holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.