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Our firm specializes in providing compensation solutions for financial institutions.  We keep our focus on a limited number of engagements which enables us to develop the most thorough understanding of our client’s objectives.  This approach provides the foundation to properly educate directors, executives and shareholders on efficient and effective compensation solutions.

Our Vision: MCCA will be the premier compensation advisory firm in our market due to our dedication to excellence.

Company Overview

Founded in 2004, Meyer-Chatfield Compensation Advisors (MCCA) has since devoted our services to assisting bank directors and executives with all aspects of compensation.  Our principals possess over fifty years of compensation experience at the community bank level and leverage that experience to design and implement relevant, innovative solutions, specific to current regulatory environments.   Having worked with over six hundred financial institutions, we have the knowledge and expertise to navigate the obstacles associated with compensation practices. 

Our Consultants

William Flynt Gallagher

President

Flynt Gallagher heads Meyer-Chatfield Compensation Advisors.  Mr. Gallagher brings considerable experience and expertise to his role of providing MCCA’s clients with comprehensive and effective support.  He combines extensive knowledge of accounting and income-tax matters related to community banks with years of employment within the financial services industry.  He has also operated his own consulting firm and has over ten years of experience at the manager and partner level in the field of public accounting.

Previously, Mr. Gallagher served as Vice President and Tax Manager of First Union National Bank (now Wachovia) and Florida National Bank.  In this capacity, he reviewed and developed compensation plans focused on retaining current and future wealth for executives of both large and community banks.  Mr. Gallagher also worked with key clients of these banks on compensation, wealth management, income-tax and related IRS issues. Subsequently, Mr. Gallagher began offering these services to the banking community at large and he has been improving and refining these skills ever since. 

Mr. Gallagher helps financial institution clients attract, motivate and retain personnel critical to the success of their institutions, primarily through the proper design and use of performance-based compensation plans—i.e. cash incentive plans, equity allocation plans and even performance-based deferred compensation plans.  Hallmarks of his plan designs are ease of administration, quantifiable performance and competitive awards.

 

Joseph  Llewellyn

Vice President of Business Development

Mr. Joseph (JR) Llewellyn works with community banks in all aspects of executive and director compensation, to include executive and director compensation reviews, incentive-plan design, equity allocation plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, salary continuation plans (SERPs), 280G reviews (excess parachute payments), agreement reviews (employment, non-compete, change-in-control), in addition to director compensation. 

Prior to joining MCCA in 2006, he worked with Morgan Stanley (retail) following a five year professional golf career.  He graduated from Strayer University with a BBA in Banking and remains active with his Series 7, 66 and insurance licensing.

 

Lawrence G. Robinson

Regional Director

Lawrence (Larry) Robinson, Senior Vice President, is based in our San Diego, CA office.  Mr. Robinson brings a wealth of experience to each engagement with over 25 years in executive compensation consulting and human resource management. 

As both a practitioner and consultant, Mr. Robinson combines technical expertise with hands-on experience in the analysis, evaluation, design, development, implementation and communication of executive and board compensation and benefits programs.  His background spans domestic as well as international and expatriate compensation in the biotechnology, high-technology, computer, financial services, publishing, oil & gas, restaurant, healthcare and consumer goods sectors. 

As a corporate executive, he has held leadership roles including Vice President - Global Compensation, Benefits and HR Information Systems for a Fortune 500 bio-tech company and Vice President - Global Human Resources Operations for Dell Inc.  Prior corporate assignments in compensation include Xerox and Pepsi-Cola International following his initial training at General Electric and Exxon.  Mr. Robinson's consulting experience began in 2001 as a Senior Consultant with Towers Perrin and continued as Managing Director of Steven Hall & Partners both based in New York City. 

A graduate of the University of Delaware with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Mr. Robinson received a M.B.A. from the University of Maryland.

 

Mark L. Sollenberger

Senior Compensation Consultant

With a wealth of banking and financial services experience, Mark Sollenberger serves as Senior Compensation Consultant at Meyer-Chatfield Compensation Advisors.  Mark spent over 25 years accumulating experience in the banking industry, rising to the position of CFO and Executive Vice President, followed by 8 years working in the financial sector with emphasis in the areas of Bank Owned Life Insurance and compensation.

As a bank executive, CFO, and a member of the senior management team, Mark’s responsibilities included strategic-planning, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, and the analysis and development of new business lines within the organization.  He was very active in the administration and management of the company’s executive compensation plans.     

Mark’s focus is on building relationships with our bank clients and introducing and coordinating the implementation of compensation services.  A graduate of Shippensburg University, with a degree in Business Administration – Accounting, he received his MBA from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Mark continues to hold Series 7, 63, and insurance licenses.     

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