Leadership Team
Our team's dedication to innovation, efficiency, and detailed execution ensures that we provide top-tier guidance and support, empowering financial institutions to navigate the complex regulatory landscape with confidence and agility.
Jim McCarthy
Founder and Chairman
James "Jim" McCarthy is the founder and chairman of McCarthy Hatch, a diverse-owned (DOBE®) management consulting firm advising financial institutions on risk management and regulatory compliance strategy and implementation. Jim is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of comprehensive financial services experience focused on risk management and regulatory compliance. His distinguished career, highlighted by his appointment to serve as a founding member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and strategic leadership roles in the private sector and management consulting, positions him uniquely as a visionary in consumer finance regulation and ERM.
Jim’s deep expertise is built upon critical roles that have directly influenced the landscape of consumer finance. As a CFPB founding member, Jim was instrumental in developing the bureau’s innovative complaint system and leading the onboarding of 5,000 consumer finance companies onto the CFPB complaints portal, contributing to consumer relief efforts of ~$19 billion and shaping the regulatory framework governing consumer finance today. Earlier in his career, during the ’07-‘08 financial crisis, Jim joined the FDIC and supported the closing of 300+ banks, securing the orderly transfer of ~$1 trillion in deposits (to a buyer/FDIC).
E-Mail: Info@mccarthy-hatch.com
Education
MLS, Texas A&M University School of Law (expected)
B.A. (Economics, Public Policy), Minnesota State University
B.A. (Finance, production, and Operations) Minnesota State University
Asaf Buchner (CFA)
CEO
Asaf is a Financial Services Strategy and M&A, Compliance, and Performance Improvement advisor with over 15 years of experience executing critical transactions, market-entry, and performance improvement initiatives for leading institutions.
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Asaf brings deep Financial Services sector domain expertise, including Asset Management (traditional/alt), Wealth Management, Banking, Capital Markets, and Insurance. Asaf’s focus areas include Strategy (market assessment/entry, product expansion, client segmentation), M&A (target screening, due diligence, integration strategy and execution), and Performance Improvement (operating model design, business process improvement, performance measurement).
Asaf’s experience combines strategy roles at Charles Schwab and at UBS and management consulting roles at Parthenon-EY and at KPMG. He advised board members and executives at financial institutions on key strategic areas around growth, core capabilities development, and operating model effectiveness.
