Staff
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James W. McCarthy, CFP, CIMA
James W. McCarthy, founder, President and Chief Investment Officer of Seascape Capital Management, LLC, crafted, implemented, and now oversees the firm’s investment strategy. Through extensive research and analysis, Jim developed Seascape’s investment selection criteria and quantitative models. The resulting process embodies the firm’s core strength in managing portfolios of individual equity securities. In an ongoing effort to validate its merit, Jim leads the research effort in challenging and testing this process. Having been awarded his Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation in 1988, Jim also works with clients to create sophisticated financial plans that consider all aspects of wealth management.
Prior to founding Seascape, Jim held the title of Senior Investment Management Consultant at a leading Wall Street firm. For nearly two decades, Jim focused on providing discretionary portfolio management to high net worth clients.
Jim currently consults to numerous boards that manage funds in a fiduciary capacity and is a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), the International Board of Certified Financial Planners and the Registry of CFP Practitioners. In addition to earning his CFP from the College for Financial Planning in Denver, CO, in 1988, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania conferred on Jim the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation in 2001.
Monica Ann Ness, CFA
Monica joined Seascape Capital Management in 2005 as Senior Portfolio Manager and Chief Operations Officer. She insures clients' investment portfolios are structured to meet their needs, manages client relationships, and supervises the day-to-day operations of the firm. With twenty years experience in the investment services industry, Monica formed and managed two investment management firms in Boston prior to joining Seascape. Most recently, she served as Chief Investment Officer for the investment advisory arm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, a major Boston Law firm where she led a team of analysts in investment strategy, process, and research.
Previously, she was a Senior Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management at Harvest Capital Management, Inc. in New Hampshire where she served as a senior member of the management team directing both the strategy of the firm and the clients' investment portfolios. She also researched and managed equities and all the fixed income assets. Her past positions also include Director of Asset Management at B&L Asset Management LLC in Boston, MA. There she developed a proprietary quantitative stock ranking system. Monica was awarded a CFA Charter (1993), earned an MBA from the University of South Carolina (1989), and holds a BA from the University of Virginia in Economics (1983). She is a member of the CFA Institute, the Boston Security Analysts Society, and works with Families in Transition, a non-profit agency in New Hampshire that provides safe affordable housing to homeless individuals and their families.
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