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Ben Lewis

Managing Director
Head of Sales

Financial Institutions | Denver

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About Ben

Ben Lewis is a Managing Director and Global Head of Sales for Chatham’s Financial Institutions practice. Since joining Chatham, Ben has worked with depositories of all sizes helping them manage interest rate risk through the prudent use of hedging strategies. Prior to his work with financial institutions, Ben worked with private equity firms and REITs to hedge their interest rate and foreign currency risk.

Before joining Chatham, Ben served eight years in the U.S. Navy as a P-3C Orion Naval Flight Officer serving in both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Ben graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy with his bachelor’s degree in economics and is a CFA Charterholder.

Publications

Webinar

Customer Hedging Programs: Strategies for Success

Join us for a webinar where our experts dive into our latest back-to-back swap benchmark report. Gain valuable insights into the diverse interest rate risk management hedging strategies employed by financial institutions, and hear firsthand from a practitioner about their experience in growing a...
Article

Positioning firms for resilient financial performance

Chatham Financial and Moody's Analytics partnered together on this white paper to review how firms can position themselves for resilient financial performance in any rate scenario, and covers topics such as interest rate risk, CECL, and hedging.
Webinar

Interest Rate Hedging Strategies for Credit Unions

In this webinar, we will review the recent changes to the NCUA’s rules for derivatives and discuss hedging strategies that credit unions can apply to manage their interest rate risk. We will identify the advantages of adding derivatives to the ALCO toolkit while also considering some challenges...

Expertise

  • Financial Institutions
  • Interest Rate Risk Management
  • Balance Sheet Risk Management
  • Borrower Swap Solution
  • Fixed Rate Loan Hedging
  • Hedge Accounting

Qualifications

  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

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