With more than 25 years of consulting experience, Mr. Schmeiser has delivered complex transformation initiatives for clients across various FS sectors, including retail and commercial banking, mortgage servicing, capital markets, private equity and insurance. His main areas of concentration include cost reduction, wind downs, merger/integrations, carve-outs/divestiture and revenue improvement. Currently, Mr. Schmeiser is responsible for building out A&M’s FSI practice in the U.S., including collaborating globally. He is responsible for the practice’s strategy and growth, business development, financial planning and analysis, risk management and talent management. Mr. Schmeiser also oversees the business plans and performance of the FSI sector leaders.

Externally, Mr. Schmeiser serves FS clients in large transformation initiatives. He was Interim Chief Administrative Officer for Lehman Brothers Bank (Aurora Bank FSB), where he managed 75+ client resources and was responsible for claims defense, legal, human resources, information technology and finance/accounting departments. Mr. Schmeiser also identified and managed all strategic initiatives to efficiently shut down all operations, including finalizing and settling all outstanding litigation and claims against the company and transitioning back-office functions to the estate.

Additionally, Mr. Schmeiser was a leader in the Transition Management Office for Aurora Bank FSB, preparing the bank for sale and ultimate transition of the business units to new buyers. He oversaw the de-banking process with the regulators and led a cost assessment/reduction project of internal and external spend in the SG&A departments. Ultimately, his team identified ~$100 million of savings through redesigned processes and organizational charts, headcount reduction, supplier strategic sourcing and restructuring day-to-day operations.

Mr. Schmeiser also led a five-person team, including external resources, to right-size a client's real estate portfolio; identified and implemented savings of ~$30 million on ~$100 million of real estate spend; and developed an implementation plan, executing over a 12-month period. The client realized a positive impact to EBITDA and shareholder value.

Mr. Schmeiser earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Gettysburg College.