Michael Hollerich

Michael Hollerich is a managing director in BRG’s Financial Institution Advisory practice based in Dallas.

Mr. Hollerich is a seasoned executive and advisor with over thirty years of domestic and international experience in financial services, consulting, compliance, and risk management. He helps regulated businesses respond to consequential regulatory, operational, and governance challenges, particularly when institutional decisions are subject to scrutiny by regulators, boards, counterparties, courts, or other stakeholders. He has worked across North America, Europe, and Asia with global banking organizations, regional financial institutions, fintech companies, non-depositories, and consumer-facing businesses.

Before joining BRG, Mr. Hollerich founded and operated Hollerich Consulting, LLC, an advisory firm serving financial institutions and other regulated entities. He served as chief compliance officer for two publicly traded companies (one a top ten US mortgage servicer) and held senior financial leadership roles in mortgage banking and capital markets. His responsibilities included financial analysis, strategic transactions, mortgage-backed securities, capital markets activities, and oversight of complex lending and servicing portfolios.

Mr. Hollerich’s recent work reflects the changing risk profile of financial services. He has advised regulators developing new supervisory programs, supported banks responding to significant enforcement and oversight concerns, served as a regulator-appointed compliance officer under a court-approved judgment, and advised institutions on fintech partnerships, payments, complaint management, fraud controls, and compliance governance. His expert witness work includes civil, arbitration, and criminal matters involving bank fraud, sanctions, wire transfers, financial institution controls, and industry-standard practices.

Throughout his career, Mr. Hollerich has led and supported initiatives involving significant regulatory actions affecting financial services organizations. He has designed remediation and oversight programs, strengthened governance and reporting frameworks, managed regulator relationships, and helped organizations move from regulatory response to sustainable operating discipline. He has also played leadership roles in large-scale merger and acquisition transactions, including work establishing regulatory and governance strategies that supported transaction approvals from both state and federal banking regulators.

Mr. Hollerich earned a bachelor’s degree from Knox College and is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking/Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as faculty for the Stonier School at Wharton and is a certified Leadership Professional in Ethics & Compliance (LPEC).