With over 20 years of experience in commercial banking and credit risk assessment, Scott Bender provides loan review and credit risk management consulting for our commercial lending clients.

Scott engages his key skills of financial and credit risk analysis and mitigation to perform comprehensive loan reviews that assess the financial health of borrowers, proper loan structuring and administration, assign appropriate risk ratings and determine risk of loss, all of which results in insightful management reports that deliver impactful solutions for our clients. His prior industry experience includes working as a bank credit analyst, commercial lender, portfolio manager and loan review/senior credit analyst at major accounting firms in the western US. He received a Master of Arts (M.A.), Liberal Studies from the University of Great Falls, and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English and History, from Bowling Green State University.