Treliant Risk Advisors LLC Continues to Expand

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Treliant Risk Advisors LLC, a leading compliance and strategic advisory firm specializing in the financial services industry, continues to expand with the hiring of four industry experts and compliance professionals. Treliant Risk Advisors has grown substantially since January 2011 with the steady addition of highly experienced and knowledgeable individuals to its team – further heightening the services and expertise that Treliant offers its clients.

“We provide our clients with compliance and business solutions during a time of unprecedented enforcement activity and change”

“We provide our clients with compliance and business solutions during a time of unprecedented enforcement activity and change,” said Andrew L. Sandler, Chief Executive Officer of Treliant Risk Advisors. “Our expansion is a response to the growing needs of our clients. Our goal remains the same: to effectively address the critical issues our clients face today while integrating business solutions for tomorrow. With these extraordinarily talented new professionals joining our team, we will be able to even better serve our clients.”

Monika McCarthy, Senior Director of Compliance and Fair Lending, has been a legal advisor to financial services companies for more than twenty years. Monika has served as general counsel to a nationwide financial services company advising senior management and the board of directors on both crisis and fundamental legal issues. Her background includes experience with all phases of mortgage lending, including origination, servicing, secondary market transactions, compliance, claims resolution and general business operations. Monika also has experience handling regulatory investigations, as well as advising management in the areas of strategic planning, corporate governance, insurance coverage, litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, and contract and lease negotiations. She has expertise in consumer-related claims handling and reporting, as well as an overall focus on operational excellence.

Amy Bizar, Senior Director of Compliance and Fair Lending, has a strong background in financial services law and bank regulation, including mortgage lending, student lending, electronic banking, deposit regulation, credit card operations, and consumer lending compliance. She has been a strategic advisor to senior executives, with extensive in-house legal, regulatory, and compliance management experience. Prior to joining Treliant, Amy was General Counsel of The Education Resources Institute (TERI). Previously, Amy was General Counsel of The Reserve, an asset management firm engaged in money market fund, cash management, and other financial services activities. Before that, Amy held several positions at GE Capital, including General Counsel of its Consumer Financial Services and GE Financial Network businesses. Amy's prior banking positions include Group Senior Counsel at Fleet Financial Group, where she was in charge of its retail banking legal activities, and Senior Counsel at Bank of New England, where she had primary legal responsibility for its retail loan and deposit areas. Amy began her legal career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where she served as Assistant General Counsel.

Prince McKnight, Director of Compliance and Fair Lending, is an accomplished regulatory compliance and risk management executive. Over the past 23 years, Prince has served in management and executive positions as Chief Compliance Officer, Privacy and Bank Secrecy Act Officers, and Chief Risk Officer for several large, mid-size and community financial institutions, managing various compliance and risk management structures from small to complex, in both national banks and thrifts. Prince started his regulatory compliance career as an examiner at the Federal Home Loan Bank and the US Treasury’s Office of Thrift Supervision, in Dallas, Texas.

Kisha Perkins, Manager of Financial Advisory and Analytics, is a seasoned professional with corporate finance, operations and internal controls experience at large financial institutions. Kisha specializes in risk management, project management, internal controls, and compliance projects. Over the past 13 years, Kisha has made significant contributions at organizations in the areas of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), system implementation, merger integration, process improvement and business analysis. Kisha has held Director and Manager level positions at Freddie Mac within the Finance Division. Kisha was also an Associate Manager with the Making Home Affordable – Compliance division of Freddie Mac performing audit-related activities of the Home Affordable Modification Program. Kisha began her career with Wachovia Securities holding various positions in Compliance and Internal Controls.

About Treliant Risk Advisors LLC

Treliant Risk Advisors, headquartered in Washington, DC and with offices in New York and Los Angeles, is a multi-disciplinary consulting, compliance, and strategic advisory firm for the financial services industry. With a strong team of highly experienced executives who have held senior leadership positions in Fortune 100 companies, financial institutions, and regulatory agencies, Treliant Risk Advisors provides its clients with critical compliance, risk management, and business advice and solutions. Services include: crisis and risk management, regulatory compliance, business consulting, acquisition strategy, corporate governance, due diligence, self-testing, portfolio evaluation, financial analysis, and litigation expert sourcing. For more information, visit www.treliant.com.