Fulton Financial Corporation has hired Philmer Rohrbaugh to assume the newly-created position of senior executive vice president and chief risk officer, effective Nov. 1. He also will be a member of the firm's senior management team.

In his new role, Rohrbaugh will oversee all risk management activities of the corporation, including operational, market, financial and reputational risk, and will ensure that the organization's operations continue to be conducted in accordance with ethical business practices, company policies and legal and regulatory requirements. He will have direct oversight of the company's compliance and loan review areas as well as information security and vendor management activities. He will also have administrative oversight of the audit area, which will continue to report directly to the Fulton Financial board of directors.

Rohrbaugh comes to Fulton from KPMG, where he worked for the last decade, most recently serving as managing partner of that firm's Chicago location, its second largest office. Prior to KPMG, he had more than 25 years of experience in various positions at Arthur Andersen.