Robert E. Kafafian

President & C.E.O.
Email address: rkafafian@kafafiangroup.com
Extension Number: 106

Mr. Kafafian is President & C.E.O. of The Kafafian Group, Inc. Over the past thirty years he has consulted with and advised over 300 financial institutions in over forty states. He was instrumental in the design and development of a nationally established bank profitability software product and recognized as a leader in the performance measurement field of the banking industry.

He is a frequent speaker and writer on a variety of banking subjects and teaches at the Pennsylvania Bankers Association’s Central Atlantic Advanced School of Banking, the AMIfs Institute, America’s Community Bankers Center for Financial Studies, the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, the American Bankers Association’s School of Bank Marketing and Management, the Maryland Bankers Association’s Advanced School of Bank Management, the New York Bankers’ Association Management School for Career Development and the New Jersey Bankers Association’s Data Processing School.

His previous positions include: Controller, First National State Bancorporation (now Wachovia Bank); Director of Budgeting and Profit Planning, United Jersey Bank (now Bank of America); Vice President Bradford Trust Company (now Bank of New York); President & C.E.O., The Q Group, Inc. (merged with Hopper Soliday & Co./Tucker Anthony Sutro Capital Markets); President-Consulting Services and Managing Director-Investment Banking, Tucker Anthony Sutro Capital Markets (now RBC Capital Markets).

Mr. Kafafian received his B.A. degree in Business/Economics from Moravian College, and his M.B.A. in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is Past President of the Board of Directors of the Association for Management Information in Financial Services (AMIfs), a member of the Financial Managers Society Strategic Issues Council, and is an active Board member of a number of other corporations, professional, community, and academic organizations. He has written a book, published by AMIfs titled, KEYS TO COMMUNITY BANK SUCCESS/"Utilizing Management Information to Make Informed Decisions".