Vice President

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Ms. Riley is a Vice President of McLagan’s Corporate and Consumer Banking Consulting Practice at our Boston office.  She advises bank boards and executive leadership on all aspects of compensation.  Jean specializes in crafting unique compensation strategies and plans for each client’s situation that emphasize safety, soundness, and performance.  Ms. Riley has worked with de novos, mutuals, and larger publicly traded banks.

Jean has over twenty years of experience in the field of compensation design and reward strategies.  Prior to joining McLagan, she was a Vice President with Amalfi Consulting. She was also a Principal of The HR Consulting Group, a boutique consulting firm that provided organizational and reward system design services to enhance company effectiveness.  Throughout her career, she has assisted many companies with human resource issues; including helping identify barriers to performance, and successfully designing progressive solutions.  Jean continues to share her expertise to help organizations define their compensation philosophy and goals and then develop programs to effectively reward top performance.

In a recent engagement, Jean helped a de novo bank meet the requirements of the C&D order from the OCC.  She conducted an independent assessment of the management team and the bank’s executive compensation plans.  Her recommendations enabled the Board to make important and timely changes to improve the bank’s operating results.

Jean earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts and also holds the designation Certified Compensation Professional (CCP).