Washington, D.C.- The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) has named David Bleicken as its new senior vice president of product and business strategy. 

Bleicken will be responsible for advancing the strategic vision for a portfolio of regulatory technology products — most notably the State Examination System (SES), a core component of the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System™ (NMLS) — to support state supervisory priorities, regulatory coordination, and industry accountability. 

“David brings decades of valuable experience supervising financial institutions and a deep understanding of the state system,” said CSBS President and CEO Brandon Milhorn. “He will play a critical role in advancing the innovations that SES brings to the examination process. His substantive expertise in consumer protection, supervision, and enforcement will help support state efforts to build a safe, sound, and dynamic financial services marketplace.” 

Bleicken most recently served as operations chief in the division of supervision at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he led the agency’s joint supervisory activities with states. Previously, Bleicken spent nearly 14 years at the Pennsylvania Department of Banking. As the former deputy secretary for non-depository institutions and consumer services, he led programs to supervise, examine, investigate, and enforce state laws and regulations. He also served as president of the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators and was a member of the CSBS State Regulatory Registry Board of Managers that approved the implementation of NMLS.

Contact: Susanna Barnett, 202-407-7156, [email protected]

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The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) is the national organization of financial regulators from all 50 states, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. State regulators supervise 79% of all U.S. banks and a variety of non-depository financial services. CSBS, on behalf of state regulators, also operates the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System to license and register non-depository financial service providers in the mortgage, money services businesses, consumer finance, and debt industries.