JCSmith Advisors LLC provides strategic consulting services to bank CEOs, boards and institutional investors at regional banks and large community banks, and serves as senior advisor to select fintech firms that are natural bank partners. Expertise includes advice regarding strategic choices, setting performance objectives, organizational and succession planning, maintaining appropriate risk-adjusted capital levels and effective board governance.

Jim Smith is well suited to provide advice to bank boards and CEOs, having walked in their shoes for over thirty years.

JCSmith Advisors is founded on the principle that banks should develop and implement a strategic management framework that guides the allocation of capital and resources in support of their differentiated strategies. Banks can maximize their value to all stakeholders by pursuing high performance, achieved by investing in growth in chosen customer segments, earning high customer satisfaction levels, and increasing economic profit (defined as earnings in excess of the cost of capital).