Kevin Chorniak, CFP®

Kevin is the Chief Operating Officer for BTC Capital Management and Senior Managing Director, Institutional and Wealth Management Services at Bankers Trust. In these roles, he is responsible for BTC Capital Relationship Management, BTC Trust Company of South Dakota, Private Client Services, Qualified and Non-Qualified Retirement Plan Services, Institutional Custody, Client Services, Wealth Management Support Services and Business Technology. He also serves on the BTC Capital Management Board of Directors and the Bankers Trust Management Committee.

In Kevin’s 10 years at Bankers Trust his impact has been pivotal in the growth of the organization. In his early years at the bank, Kevin focused on the strategic vision of the Wealth Management division, making significant updates to the infrastructure, process improvements, regulatory oversight, and technology support of the team. More recently, he has led expansion of the businesses through bringing in key talent, advancing automation, and growing core business lines.

During his 30+ year career, he has led sales and client teams, wealth advisors, and teams within product, operations, and marketing. In addition to the areas he oversees today, Kevin’s broad industry experience encompasses foundations and endowment management, reinsurance and escrow, and global custody. During his career, Kevin has consistently achieved financial results that exceed goals, top-quartile employee engagement scores and successful execution of strategic projects and initiatives. Kevin is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and is a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) professional.

Kevin’s community involvement includes serving on the board of directors of the Iowa Center for Economic Success and Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, as member of the ExecuNet MBA Executive Advisory Network, member of the Business Advisory Council for MBA Research, volunteer for the CFP Board Scholarship Committee, First Friday Breakfast Club Scholarship Committee, and former board member of the Blank Park Zoo.