Bill Meredith

Bill Meredith is a nationally-recognized consultant to the financial services industry and provides consulting services to all sizes of urban, suburban, and community institutions. Bill is a specialist in practical, performance-oriented strategic planning for banking companies and building long-term value for shareholders.

Prior to joining Cass Bettinger & Associates in 1995, Bill spent ten years with Alex Sheshunoff Management Services where he established a consulting practice and was Senior Consultant and Director of Consulting. Bill’s own consulting activities for banks included primarily strategic planning, but also included facilitating High Performance Affiliation group meetings for bank CEOs. He also designed course material for, taught at and managed the week-long school, Managing The Lending Function.

Before starting his consulting career, Bill worked in financial institutions for 20 years. He spent most of his banking career with Huntington National Bank and Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio. At Huntington, Bill served in a broad range of responsibilities, from branch activities to affiliate bank supervision. After Huntington, Bill joined InterFirst Corporation, Dallas, Texas where he supervised affiliate bank activities before joining Alex Sheshunoff in 1985.

When not consulting with clients, Bill enjoys the outdoor activities around Austin, is involved with volunteer work and the visual and performing arts in Austin. Bill is also a Master Diver and organizes and leads SCUBA diving expeditions to remote areas of the world.