Michele Alt

Biography

Michele Alt is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Klaros Group.  In this role, Alt advises banks and fintechs on regulatory issues critical to growth and sustainability, with a focus on aiding fintechs with their U.S. business plans and bank licensing strategies.  Previously, Alt spent 22 years in the Law Department of the OCC.  While at the OCC, she served as Assistant Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Activities section during and immediately after the 2008 financial crisis––heading up numerous interagency rulemakings arising out of the Dodd-Frank legislation––and as District Counsel in Chicago, Illinois.

After leaving the OCC, Alt spent nearly a decade at Promontory Financial Group, leading major bank licensing efforts and assisting numerous major banking organizations on a range of Dodd-Frank and Volcker Rule interpretive and implementation matters.  She began her career as a judicial clerk on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.  In addition to her work at Klaros Group, Alt also hosts a podcast called “Radically Clear,” where she discusses changes in banking regulation.

Alt received her J.D. from Wayne State University and her B.A. from the University of Michigan.