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Robert Barnes is a Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
In this position, Mr. Barnes is one of four deputy comptrollers overseeing the supervision of the OCC's large bank portfolio. He assumed these duties in December 2024 and reports to the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision.
Prior to this role, Mr. Barnes served as the Examiner-in-Charge (EIC) of Bank of America.
Mr. Barnes has more than 30 years of bank supervision experience, supervising domestic and international banking activities. In addition to serving as EIC at Capital One and KeyBank, his experience includes leading highly complex commercial credit examinations in mega and other large banks, and evaluating the quality of bank risk management programs, including those relating to interest rate risk and liquidity, information technology, cybersecurity, operational, and compliance risks. He was also a long-time OCC member of the Interagency Country Exposure Risk Committee and former instructor for the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s Global Credit Underwriting School.
Mr. Barnes received his commission as a National Bank Examiner in 1990.
