Mark Kauffman

Managing Director & Head of Custom Credit

Mark Kauffman is the head of custom credit at CIBC Private Wealth, with 35 years of industry experience. In this role, Mark is responsible for the oversight and monitoring of all custom credit activities within the private banking line of business. Mark provides line of business approval within established guidelines for daily credit and portfolio administration activity and works with private bankers across the US footprint.

Prior to joining the firm, Mark served as a senior vice president and loan team manager at Wells Fargo Wealth & Investment Management, where he managed a credit hub of seven underwriters for Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City and the Twin Cities. Previously, he served as a senior credit officer for Bank of Montreal.

Mark earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, and he is a graduate of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, where he earned his Master of Business Administration.