Bill Moore

Bill Moore is the Chief Risk Officer at Compeer Financial, overseeing all credit underwriting and enterprise risk functions.  Bill’s role includes promoting a risk-aware culture, developing credit and risk-related policies and leading key committees, including the enterprise risk and credit committees. As a member of the executive team, he advises the CEO and the board and helps shape and lead the organization’s strategic direction.  

Originally from Boston, Bill holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Babson College in Wellesley, MA.  He holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and has completed advanced programs in bank credit analysis, statistics, and financial management. Bill’s early career roles with Greenwich Associates, Fieldstone Private Capital Group and Forum Capital Markets shaped his expertise in investment management and the public financial markets. His leadership skills were acknowledged when he became the youngest partner at Founders Financial Group – a holding company for Forum Capital and its asset management arm.  Immediately prior to Compeer, Bill spent 15 years as a hedge fund portfolio manager with specialties in convertible and high-yield bonds for three different funds, including one that brought him to Minnesota.  

At Compeer Financial, Bill has been instrumental in leading initiatives that foster a risk/reward culture, creating a new auto-decisioning tool, and managing third-party capital relationships. He chairs multiple management committees and serves as a voting member of the asset liability committee (ALCO), and as a liaison to both the Board’s enterprise risk committee and Compeer’s regulator, the Farm Credit Administration.

Outside of his professional work, Bill resides just outside of Minneapolis with his wife and has two adult children. He enjoys Minnesota’s lakes, playing golf and pickleball and, for a while, moonlighted in alternative sports statistics with a brief stint as a contributing author to a national NFL statistics almanac.  Bill is a sought-after speaker for various audiences on economics, finance, and risk management, and his professional insights have been cited in major publications including CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and the New York Times. He has also been involved in volunteer work, including coaching and refereeing youth and high school soccer and served as the chair for Twin Cities YMCA Camps’ community board.