WASHINGTON – The Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced today that Joseph Evers has
been appointed Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision. Mr. Evers, who replaces William McPherson,
who retired, will report to Douglas W. Roeder, Senior Deputy Comptroller for
Large Bank Supervision.
“I am very pleased to
add an experienced large bank supervisor to our senior management team,” said
Mr. Roeder. “Joe will lead our efforts
to improve the OCC’s analysis of the largest national banks and ensure our
supervision resources are allocated to their highest and best use,” he said.
Mr. Evers will be one
of three Deputy Comptrollers overseeing the large bank group. He most recently served as Senior Advisor to
Mr. Roeder. In this position, he was
integrally involved in the Basel II implementation effort and was the Large
Bank representative on the OCC’s Capital and Basel II Steering Committee.
Mr. Evers has over 25
years of OCC bank examination and managerial experience. He was Examiner-in-Charge at Fleet Bank,
Boston, and has served in Minneapolis and Chicago.
Mr. Evers is a
chartered financial analyst (CFA). He
graduated with a BS in Finance from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston,
Illinois and has an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago.
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The Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency was created by Congress to charter national banks,
to oversee a nationwide system of banking institutions, and to assure that
national banks are safe and sound, competitive and profitable, and capable of
serving in the best possible manner the banking needs of their customers.