CSBS taps insider as next president and CEO

Jim Cooper was named president and CEO of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. 

Cooper has been serving as acting president and CEO since the unexpected death of John Ryan on May 16.

Cooper has been the director of policy and supervision at the CSBS for nine years. Before that, he was deputy director at the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions from 1994 to 2013. 

“Jim is singularly qualified to serve as CEO,” Tom Fite, the group’s chairman, said in a Monday press release. “Under Jim’s leadership, CSBS and its members will continue to advance state regulation and work towards the vision of a more networked system.”