Jim Carley

Senior Consultant

750 17th Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20006

Mr. Carley advises depository institutions and non-bank financial services firms on a variety of governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, and strategic planning projects, including complying with the full array of consumer laws and regulations. Drawing on over twenty-five years of experience in financial services, including as a federal financial regulator, Mr. Carley assists clients in designing effective compliance management systems and timely addressing examination findings, matters requiring attention, and formal enforcement actions.

Mr. Carley’s most recent public service was as Regional Director in the Office of Supervision, Enforcement & Fair Lending at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he helped establish its national examination program. He met with boards and senior executives at some of the largest regional and national institutions, coordinated closely with other state and federal regulators, and oversaw resolution of violations of law and identified deficiencies in compliance and risk management programs.

Prior to the CFPB, Mr. Carley led teams performing a variety of examination, risk monitoring, rulemaking, statutory interpretation, and registration functions at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Federal Housing Finance Agency. After leaving public service, he advised clients for several years with the Risk and Compliance Practice at the Promontory Financial Group.

Mr. Carley earned a J.D. from the Antonin Scalia Law School, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.S. in economics from George Mason University. He is designated by the American Bankers Association as a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager and as a Certified Enterprise Risk Professional.