Venkat Veeramani
Chief Economist, Wintrust Financial
Dr. Veeramani is a Financial Services executive with a demonstrated history of successfully leading high visibility initiatives at global and midsize financial institutions. He is currently Chief Economist with Wintrust Financial Corporation. He leads the bank’s Liquidity Risk, Market Risk, Interest Rate Risk and Capital Oversight, Economic Analysis & Forecasting, and Risk Strategy & Analytics functions.
He is a published author and frequent speaker on topics related to enterprise risk management, risk & financial analytics, creation of data-driven business intelligence, and economic trends.
Prior to joining Wintrust, he held various risk management roles of increasing responsibility at Morgan Stanley, Discover Financial Services and HSBC.
Venkat is active in the community and financial services industry. He is currently a member of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He served on the Fintech Advisory Board of the Center for Financial Professionals for five years.
Understanding Global and U.S. Economic Outlook in an Era of Stagflation and Policy Uncertainty
- Understanding the reshaped financial ecosystem amid policy and regulatory reform
- How tokenization and digital wallets are redefining financial intermediation
- Managing settlement, custody and counterparty risks in hybrid infrastructures
- Supervisory priorities for 2026 and cross-agency coordination on digital finance