Sponsors

Hovde Group, LLC, a leading financial advisor for over 25 years, provides a full suite of investment banking, capital markets and financial advisory services focused exclusively on the banking industry.  They assist clients with all phases of M&A transactions, asset purchases/dispositions, restructurings/recapitalizations, FDIC transactions, capital raises and other strategic options.  For more information, please visit www.hovdegroup.com.

Ignite Sales, Inc. changes the way banks sell products, service customers and manage channels to meet the competitive demands for improved sales process. Ignite’s patented services combine a recommendation platform with powerful analytics that matches products to customer eligibility. Comerica, SunTrust and RocklandTrust are a few of the banks utilizing Ignite Sales.  For more information, please visit www.ignitesales.com.

Moss Adams LLP is one of the 15 largest accounting and consulting firms in the United States.  Founded in 1913, they offer audit, tax, and consulting services to over 300 financial institutions. Additional services include enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, internal audit services, internet security assessments and merger and acquisition services.  For more information, visit www.mossadams.com.

For more than 20 years, Pearl Meyer & Partners has served as an independent advisor in compensation governance, strategy and program design.  The firm works with hundreds of banks, ranging from denovo to large regional banks, and understands the business, regulatory, performance, human resource and compensation issues specific to the industry.  For more information, visit www.pearlmeyer.com.

Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with 670 attorneys in 15 offices located in the U.S., Europe and Asia.  Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, complex financial transactions and high stakes litigation.  For more information, visit www.sheppardmullin.com.