Kelly Dearwester

Chief Data Officer Old National Bank

SENIOR EXECUTIVE (29 yrs. experience), advocate for leveraging data as an asset across the organization to obtain sustained business value. Passionate and hands-on organizational leader with a focus on team building and employee career development. Recognized for consistent delivery on scalable solutions to support the business, with a balance of meeting the market and financial objectives. Kelly Dearwester is the Chief Data Officer at Old National and is accountable to lead and execute the banks data strategy & budget across ~200+ business applications, for ~4K FTE, within a ~$50B organization. Developed a strong/inclusive operations model across the bank, in partnership with Chief Information Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer, to enable strategy execution and alignment with digital transformation. Chairs the Data Strategy Executive Committee, which reviews strategy, policy, governance, and capital plans, in partnership with the Executive Leadership Team. Within the Chief Data Office is CECL, Analytics, Data Science (AI/ML), Data Privacy & Use, Data Policy & Standards, Records Retention, Master Data Management, and Data Governance (Data Quality, Lineage, Catalogue, Data Transformation) teams. Recognized for integrating pragmatic/thoughtful approaches within the existing culture to minimize disruption and enable business strategy. Recently led the organization through their first OCC Data Governance exam with no supervisory findings and it was noted managements data strategy was sound and appropriate. Kelly has accumulated a wealth of knowledge about leveraging data as an asset across Telecommunications, Insurance, and Banking, along with Federal, State, and Local government. He was publicly recognized for building a state-of-the-art data solution for public safety that significantly reduced the time to identify and apprehend criminals across the State of Ohio. Kelly served in the United States Air Force during the Persian Gulf war as a police SWAT sniper. He was entrusted with presidential security during his tenure in the Air Force, in cooperation with secret service and local police. He received medals for his efforts and was honorably discharged for his service for our country and designated as a disabled veteran. Kelly is active in the local community volunteering with veterans and serves as a board member for the Children’s Museum of Evansville Indiana.