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Brian P. Hudak is the Acting Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Operating Officer, Acting Chief Risk Officer, and Deputy Chief Counsel at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
As Acting Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Hudak oversees the agency’s Office of Management, including the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Administrative Operations, and Human Capital. He assumed this role in June 2026.
As Acting Chief Risk Officer, Mr. Hudak drives an agency-wide view of risks and evaluates adherence to the agency’s risk appetite statement. He assumed this role in June 2026.
As Deputy Chief Counsel, Mr. Hudak is responsible for significant legal, policy, and administrative issues affecting the federal banking system. This includes management and oversight over the OCC’s enforcement, litigation, and internal agency matters. He assumed this role in December 2025.
Prior to joining the OCC, Mr. Hudak most recently served as Civil Chief at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia where he oversaw and supervised the litigation of thousands of civil defensive and affirmative matters. Prior to becoming Civil Chief, Mr. Hudak served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office as Deputy Civil Chief and as line Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Division. During his 18 years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Hudak personally handled volumes of high-profile civil defensive cases, collected more than $1 billion in recoveries in civil enforcement lawsuits, and disrupted hundreds of millions of dollars in assets traced to terrorist and trans-national criminal organizations. Before his government service, Mr. Hudak worked for a law firm in New York.
Mr. Hudak received his bachelor of science degree in computer science from the University of Virginia and his juris doctor cum laude from Washington & Lee University School of Law.
