James McCormick
(Cornell B.S. '69 ORIE, M.Eng. '70)


Founder: First Manhattan Consulting Group

Jim McCormick founded First Manhattan Consulting Group and FMCG
Direct in 1980. The firm specializes in serving financial institutions and
has completed over 3,000 assignments. Jim has focused on strategy,
marketing and financial analysis, and along the way, has authored over
50 white papers on banking, and built relationships with multiple C-level
executives and board members. He has given testimony to the U.S. Senate
Banking Committee and has appeared over 200 times as a speaker before
various industry groups. Jim has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times, Institutional Investor, The Economist, Forbes and
Fortune. McCormick’s philanthropy is focused on education, including
teaching excellence at Cornell, and support for several institutions that
seek to transform the lives of underprivileged children. This has included
participation as a board member of Mercy College and Teach for America,
as well as other entities such as EL Education, New Classrooms, 50 Can,
and others. Hobbies include racing sports cars and photographing birds in
flight.

 

605 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10158
917-843-4004
jmccormick@fmcg.com

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