Mitchell Lee

Mitchell Lee has served as the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer of Triumph Financial, Inc. and TBK Bank, SSB since 2024. He is responsible for providing strategic oversight of the company’s enterprise risk and compliance efforts, driving the ongoing development of a comprehensive enterprise risk management framework across all divisions of Triumph Financial.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Lee served as the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Synctera, a Banking-as-a-Service company that connects banks with embedded finance companies and fintech startups. He oversaw the company’s risk management and compliance programs in this role. Before his time at Synctera, Mr. Lee was the Director of Fintech at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In this position, he worked closely with regulators and policymakers on emerging financial technologies including cryptocurrency, marketplace lending, and Banking-as-a-Service. Mr. Lee currently serves as a board member at the 1990 Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on educational programming and championing the fair and equitable treatment of Asian Americans.  

Mr. Lee has a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Florida.