James Blanco

Chief Operating Officer

James Blanco is Chief Operating Officer of Archwell Capital, where he oversees the day-to-day operations of the firm and leads efforts to build high-performing teams and systems.

Archwell scales enterprises that apply technology to financial services to deliver better outcomes for customers. He is responsible for driving performance, organizational effectiveness, and capital allocation across Archwell’s platform of approximately 10,000 employees globally including Moder, Nestor, BrightCover Insurance and our affiliates Mortgage Connect, Middleman Sports Management and Archwell Ventures. He also serves as President of Archwell Reinsurance and is an advisor to the Board of Freedom Mortgage.

James brings more than two decades of leadership experience across financial services. Before joining Archwell, he was a senior managing director at Guggenheim Partners. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the executive committee at OneMain Financial (NYSE: OMF) the largest installment lender in the U.S. He has advised on some of the most consequential transactions in financial services including the sale of Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic, two of the largest bank failures in US history, Apollo's $1.4 billion acquisition of a controlling interest in OneMain Financial, the $9.0 billion purchase of ING Direct by Capital One, and the formation of the U.S. automotive financing business Chrysler Capital.

He is a graduate of Cornell University and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MS in Organizational Psychology from the City University of New York and an MS in Systems and Management from New York University. He is a member of Dean’s Advisory Council at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York Graduate Center Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the Hispanic Society Museum and Library, and co-chairman of the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center. He is a member of the Economic Club of New York.

He is married to Dr. Fiona Blanco and they have three children.