Richard Hamm

Richard Hamm with Advantage Consulting & Training has been training bankers for 29 years, designing and delivering courses specializing in commercial lending and credit, including portfolio and risk management, commercial real estate (CRE) and appraisals, plus selling and negotiating skills, and director training. His clients include national associations such as The Risk Management Association (RMA); regional banking schools such as the Barret School of Banking – Memphis, the Graduate School of Banking – Wisconsin, the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking – Dallas, the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, and the Western States School of Banking; state banking and community banking associations in a dozen states; and individual banks.

Based in Huntsville, AL, Richard has owned/operated Advantage Consulting & Training for 17 years, after a 22-year banking career including senior positions in lending and credit, plus president of a community bank through formation, then acquisition of an existing bank. He has BS and MBA degrees from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.