Darrin Benhart

Darrin Benhart

Chief Regulatory Officer, KeyBank

Darrin Benhart is the Chief Regulatory Officer of KeyCorp, responsible for overseeing Key’s regulatory strategy, ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies. Darrin is the primary point of contact for regulators and manages Key's relationship with the regulatory bodies ensuring that Key operates ethically and responsibly. Darrin joined Key in July 2022, as Head of Enterprise Risk Management, following a 30- year career at the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), U.S. Treasury, where he most recently served as the Climate Risk Officer. He previously was the Deputy Comptroller for Credit and Market Risk as well as the Deputy Comptroller for Supervision Risk Management. In these roles, Darrin served as Chair of the OCC’s National Risk Committee, leading a team of executives to identify and prioritize national bank system risks, as well as set regulatory policy working with both national/international regulatory agencies. He was responsible for supervisory activities at numerous large banks, developing and conducting examination strategies to assess governance and risk management frameworks. He served as the keynote speaker at several industry events and lent his expertise on numerous high profile regulatory panels at conferences. Darrin holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Northern Iowa and is a Commissioned National Bank and Federal Savings Association Examiner.

09:10 - 09:30

The Regulatory and Supervisory Landscape for 2026 and What It Means for Market Stability

  • Basel Endgame capital and leverage implications
  • Expected liquidity reform and intraday exposure monitoring
  • How deregulation and political turnover reshape supervisory expectations
  • Integrating regulatory change into enterprise strategy and risk appetite
  • Understanding the implications for compliance, treasury, and board oversight

09:50 - 10:30

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Impact of Geopolitical and Macroeconomic Shifts on US Regulation and Financial Stability