Thomas A. Tarter, Managing Director of The Andela Consulting Group, Inc., specializes in providing Management, Financial and Advisory Services Involving Corporate Governance, Management, Compensation, Financial and Banking Matters.

He has served on boards, assisted in corporate restructures and provided advisory services to a diverse group of clients including corporations, law firms, financial institutions and government agencies including the U.S. Small Business Administration. He has been involved in over 700 cases - national and international.

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Gene has over 35 years of Banking Experience as a Line Manager and a Consultant. As a manager he has had responsibility for all aspects of deposit operations; many aspects of Loan Administration; and the Operations associated with Various Cash Management Products. As a consultant he has been involved in the minutia associated with the above and many other aspects of banking.

Gene has served as an expert in state and federal cases addressing the needs of clients from North America, South America and the Bahamas. The clients were both plaintiffs and defendants in civil and criminal actions. These cases involved amounts at issue ranging from $100,000 to $130 million and were associated with financial institutions with assets from $140 million to $1.3 trillion.

His cases run the gamut of traditional issues to include but not limited to the illegal movement of funds using cash management products; to mortgage loan administration; return items; violation of check processing, teller and deposit procedures, regulations and standard practices; disaster recovery and bank fraud. Gene has also been involved with many contemporary issues both as a consultant and an expert to include depositing embezzled or fraudulently obtained funds into bank accounts – money laundering; identity theft; Check 21 replacement documents; point of sale (POS); and no envelope ATMs.

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