“We started using Mike in 2004 when we were $400M in assets and have continued using his services today at $4.5B. Mike has been tremendous in helping us achieve the goals that the compensation committee wants on long and short-term incentives to attract and retain the best. Having all the data at our disposal and explained to us is invaluable to the committee and the bank.”

“We have worked exclusively with Matt Brei for all of our company’s compensation management needs since 2012. As a publicly-traded company, Our Compensation Committee relies upon Matt as an independent advisor in the area of executive compensation, pay-for-performance analysis, and incentive plan risk analysis. From an executive management perspective, BCG provides us with competitive compensation analysis across our entire company as well as supporting the process for an effective salary and incentive compensation system. We consider Matt and Blanchard Consulting an integral part of our company’s success.”

“Mike has been an invaluable asset as we design and benchmark compensation and benefits. He is always willing to answer my questions and provide solid resources. Our Board Compensation Committee trusts and utilizes much of Blanchard’s information in making important decisions related to the bank’s compensation and benefit plans. It is such a relief knowing that I have a reliable and independent advisor who is just a phone call away.”

"Blanchard Consulting has been a tremendous help to our Bank as we have grown from a back of the envelope sized community bank to a grown up $900 million organization. He has helped us with compensation studies, short and long term incentive programs. Compensation management requires a lot of work and it carries a lot of emotions along with it. Having independent data and thought helps to move the process along in an organized manner and makes the Board Compensation committee meetings a lot more meaningful and productive."

"Working with Matt and his group has been and continues to be a great experience for our West Shore team. His market expertise and independence has really helped educate and align our Management team and our Board on compensation related issues. Utilizing Matt has allowed us to focus on what's right for our organization and individual agendas have been removed. He has really taken the time to get to know our unique needs and work with us to try and find solutions that fit our community bank."

“Matt at Blanchard Consulting Group was great to work with for our Executive and Director compensation study. The fact that their main focus was community banks gave us great comfort in our results. Matt and his team were easy to work with and did an excellent job presenting and explaining the details to our board.”

"I know that I can count on getting the salary data I need to properly place a new position or review a current position for our salary ranges when I contact Mike. He takes the time to make sure all questions are answered and reviewed prior to submitting us the data. I appreciate the fact that I can count on current data from banking survey’s to properly place our positions."

“Matt and his team have a tremendous amount of experience directly related to compensation in the Community banking arena. They reviewed our bank’s top positions and gave a us a very useful report, filled with recommendations, best practices and peer analytics. This “common sense” review will allow us to fine tune a competitive performance based bonus plan and focus on retention of key executives at the bank. Our entire Board of Directors was pleased with the results. Blanchard is accommodative, easy to work with and not afraid to share best practices while making reasonable recommendations tailored to our bank.”

"Mike has presented a number of recommendations for which we have implemented in the areas of executive compensation, officer bonuses and incentive compensation programs. His depth of knowledge, peer comparisons studies, and guidance is refreshing. We continue to utilize his firm’s expertise in these and board related matters."

"Michael demonstrated deep knowledge in all areas related to executive compensation. We were impressed that we worked directly with the partner who 'sold us the goods'."