David R. Woodford
Managing Director
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC

New York, NY
+1 212.808.8362

Corporate Recovery

  • Over 20 years of experience in corporate and operational restructurings while providing advisory services to financially distressed businesses and their stakeholders
  • Provided restructuring services to organizations in transition while serving as chief financial officer/treasurer
  • Relevant experience includes: interim management of under-performing companies, stabilizing crisis situations, restructuring of operations; restructuring of corporate indebtedness; developing and negotiating plans of reorganization; analysis of operations and business plans, preparation of operating budgets, cash flow projections and long-term strategic plans; preparation of going concern analyses and development of liquidation valuations; and studies of operational efficiencies and supervising the design and implementation of enhanced systems and processes
  • Transaction experience includes assistance with the sale and acquisition of businesses, due diligence reviews on behalf of potential acquirers and negotiation of purchase price

  • Assistance with the marketing of businesses for sale, including development of offering memoranda and identification and solicitation of potential buyers
Litigation, Investigative and Intelligence Services

  • Litigation support services, including expert witness testimony, in support of forensic accounting investigations and complex financial analyses
Interim Management

  • Served as chief financial officer/treasurer of organizations in transition
  • Relevant experience, including: overall responsibility for accounting and financial reporting functions; overall responsibility for treasury function, including cash and investment management; assessment and evaluation of internal controls and implemented recommendations designed to enhance controls and improve operating efficiencies; and design and implementation of general ledger accounting systems and financial management reporting systems
Profile
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA), New Jersey and New York
  • Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA)
Education
  • B.S., University of Connecticut
  • M.B.A., University of Connecticut
Affiliations
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, member
  • New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, member
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, member
  • Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, member
  • Turnaround Management Association, member