Dave Kucera

Advisory Board Member

Dave Kucera has started and led a number of businesses and organizations throughout his career.

He joined Capital One in 2013. Capital One is one of the seven
largest banks in the U.S. with over $600 billion in assets. Dave lead the
Financial Institutions Group on behalf of Capital One Securities and the
Commercial Bank. Dave also served as Capital One’s Chicago Market
President. Capital One’s Financial Institutions Group provides Advisory
services, recourse and non-recourse financing, securitization, capital
markets fund raising, and other services to companies involved in financial
services and asset management throughout the U.S. across a broad range
of sectors. Dave is a frequent speaker, is active in a number of industry and
community groups, and has been a board member of several of the
organizations for which he has worked, including Capital One Securities.

Prior to joining Capital One, Dave led and co-founded the U.S. Securitization Group at BMO Capital Markets, which provided and served as agent for over $100 billion in corporate and structured credit services, investment banking, and a wide range of advisory and other services for a wide range of U.S. and international clients.

Dave has a B.A. in Finance from Marquette University and a Masters in Management from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. He completed an Organizational Leadership Program at the University of California, Berkeley and an Advanced Leadership Program at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Business.

Dave is a member of the Chicago Club, the Economic Club of Chicago and the Executives Club of Chicago. He is a recent board member of the Structured Finance Association (SFA), a thought leadership and advocacy organization for the structured finance industry. He also serves on the boards of Big Shoulders, an organization that supports K-12 education for needy families in the Chicagoland area, and HFS Scholars, a mentoring and scholarship organization that supports high school students and their families in the Chicagoland area. He is a member of the Marquette University President’s Advisory Board, and is a board member of Marquette University’s Applied Investment Management (“AIM”), Fintech and Commercial Banking groups.