Tara Kenyon
Founder & CEO, Kentara Analytics Tara Heusé Kenyon, PhD, is head of The Tara Kenyon Group and is the Founder and CEO of Kentara Analytics (USA), a strategic analytics services firm, specializing in quantitative risk, credit risk modeling, and strategic and capital planning.
About this speaker
Dr. Kenyon works with regional and community banks and credit unions to make the connection between data and analytics and their correlations to improved margins, better decision-making, and quantitative risk management. Sensitive to the nuances of varying risk cultures, Dr. Kenyon travels the world to speak as a thought leader on risk-taking methodologies for improved firm performance and value.
Dr. Kenyon was recently featured on the cover of Banking CIO Outlook magazine’s Banking Analytics Special issue as her company was named a Top 10 Banking Analytics Solution Provider for both 2018 and 2019. She also served as Professeur of Risk Management for the MBA Program of the International School of Management at the Institut Supérieur Européen de Gestion (ISEG) in Paris.
Prior to founding Kentara, Dr. Kenyon was a US-based Global Banking Practice Leader for a Fortune Global 500 company, leading a team of experts providing risk management expertise for the banking industry. A former Chief Risk Officer for a large US bank, her financial industry experience spans over twenty-five years. Dr. Kenyon is a distinguished graduate of the American Bankers Association’s Stonier Graduate School of Banking and holds a doctorate in international management from the International School of Management (Paris) and an MBA from Louisiana State University (USA).