Alice S. Cho

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Alice S. Cho

Alice S. Cho has been a director since May 2020. Ms. Cho has served as a Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, since 2021. From 2017 to 2020, Ms. Cho served as Advisor to Varo Money, Inc., the nation’s first fintech to receive regulatory approvals to operate as a bank. In that role, Ms. Cho advised the Board, the CEO, and senior management on managing risk in the context of an innovative, digital only business model. From 2005 to 2017, Ms. Cho served in various leadership roles, including Managing Director and the head of the West Coast Practice, at Promontory Financial Group. In that capacity, she was responsible for leading engagements and for advising directors and top executives of global financial institutions and leading fintech companies on issues relating to enterprise risk management, compliance, corporate governance, and regulatory strategy. Prior to joining Promontory, Ms. Cho was director at BITS, the technology arm of the Bank Policy Institute. Earlier, Ms. Cho served as Special Advisor to Vice Chair Alice M. Rivlin at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., and worked on banking policy issues at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Ms. Cho also serves on the Advisory Council at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. She is a graduate of Whitman College and earned a M.A. from the University of Chicago.