Regional Management Corp. announced that Daniel Taggart has been appointed to the newly-created position of Chief Risk Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Taggart brings to Regional Management nearly 20 years of financial and consumer lending experience, including significant expertise in credit risk management and a previous stint as Chief Credit Officer at CitiFinancial.

Mr. Taggart served most recently as Executive Vice President of Agility 360. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President at Wingspan Portfolio Advisors and has also served as EVP of REDC Default Solutions LLC, a startup division of Auction.com, LLC. Before joining REDC Default Solutions LLC, Mr. Taggart spent 11 years at Citigroup, where he held a variety of positions, including SVP and Senior Credit Officer of CitiMortgage Default Risk Management, SVP and Senior Credit Officer of Retail Distribution Risk Management and SVP and Chief Credit Officer of CitiFinancial.

Mr. Taggart has also worked for The Associates (prior to its acquisition by Citigroup), FirstPlus Financial and Fleet Bank in risk management and loan servicing functions.