Christopher Nice

Chris is a Member in the Financial Institutions Services Group. He is graduate of West Virginia University with a Master of Professional Accountancy. Chris brings to the service team fifteen years of accounting, consulting and financial reporting with various industry sectors with primary emphasis on financial institutions as well as manufacturing and wholesale distribution entities and is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor.

Chris has extensive financial institutions audit and consulting experience and is a consultant to financial institutions concerning mergers and acquisitions, operational and performance projects, IT related matters and regulatory and tax planning matters.

He directs and oversees all internal audits and loan reviews of various financial institutions for which Arnett & Foster, P.L.L.C. performs such acts under outsourcing arrangements.

Chris is a frequent speaker on various topices related to banking sector through groups such as the West Viriginia Banks Association and the Community Bankers Association of West Virginia.

He is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Information Systems Audit and Control Association and is serving as Secretary and Treasurer for the West Virginia Society of CPAs and is past president and current member of the Charleston Chapter of the WVSCPAs.