Raymond Chandonnet Biography and Net Worth

Raymond E. Chandonnet was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Kearny Financial Corp. and the Board of Directors of Kearny Bank in 2015.  He is Chief Revenue Officer with Neocova, a technology company that provides data analytics, regulatory compliance automation and core banking solutions to community financial institutions, a position he has held since June.  He is also the founder and sole practitioner of BankStrategies.net, a currently-dormant advisory company he started in 2015 that periodically provides balance sheet, earnings and technology strategy consulting, training and business development to banks, credit union and FinTech companies. Mr. Chandonnet previously served from 2019-2020 as Managing Director and head of the Financial Strategy Advisory Services practice at Hovde Group, a boutique investment banking firm that focuses on financial institutions. He also was founder and sole practitioner of Second Act Capital Partners LLC (2015-2017), an advisory firm that focused on creating partnerships between community/regional banks and FinTech companies. Prior to starting his own companies, Mr. Chandonnet served as a partner and Chief Balance Sheet Strategist with Sandler O’Neill from 2007 to 2014, and as head of Bank Strategy for JPMorgan Securities (2005-2007), Lehman Brothers (2001-2005), First Union Capital Markets (1997-2001), and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (1992-1997).  The roster of clients he has worked with over his career includes banks and credit unions, Federal Home Loan Banks, regulators, public accounting firms, and FinTech companies.  Mr. Chandonnet is a frequent publisher and speaker on a wide range of issues related to bank financial management and technology utilization and holds a Master’s Degree in finance from Bentley College Graduate School of Business in Waltham, MA and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Merrimack College in North Andover, MA. Mr. Chandonnet’s background brings a strong understanding of accounting, regulatory and tax issues to the Board along with his beneficial knowledge of balance sheet structure and strategies and his familiarity with information technology and FinTech.