Todd Leone is a partner at McLagan.  Mr. Leone personally directs all aspects of client engagements to assure that every element of total compensation is aligned with the organization’s strategic goals and is properly balanced for safety and soundness.  He also serves as an advisor to compensation committees on multiple compensation and benefits issues, including taxation, regulatory compliance and compensation agreement provisions.  

Prior to joining McLagan, Mr. Leone was the president and co-founder of Amalfi Consulting.  He also managed the bank compensation consulting practice of Clark Consulting.  Mr. Leone has managed all aspects of compensation consulting on behalf of his clients, including developing overall compensation strategies, structuring salary programs, designing annual and long-term incentive compensation plans and board remuneration.  He has worked closely with the treasury and other regulatory bodies on behalf of the firm’s clients to gain insight into how new regulations apply to specific client situations.

Chris Richter is an associate partner at McLagan, within their human capital solutions practice.  With 20 years of consulting experience, he focuses on executive, staff and director compensation for the banking market.  Mr. Richter historically led the firm’s compensation surveys and market practice studies for the regional and community banking market and continues to direct the team in the analysis of trends.  He currently serves as the lead advisor to financial institutions covering projects such as peer group selection, executive and director pay benchmarking, incentive plan design, performance goal calibration, disclosure, contract review and technical assistance relating to equity accounting/taxation.

Prior to joining McLagan, Mr. Richter worked at a boutique consulting firm where he advised clients ranging from large commercial lenders to community credit unions.  He co-developed the firm’s risk-assessment model to help clients document incentive arrangements and evaluate areas of risk.