Mesirow Financial Consulting Enhances Position with Executive Promotions Firm Promotes Talent, Adds Senior Directors and SVPs to Ranks
NEW YORK, April 6, 2010 — Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC (MFC) announced today that it has promoted several key professionals, effective April 1, 2010. Paul du Vair has been named senior managing director; Matt Steele and David Woodford have been named managing directors; and Brad Duck, Adam Ortega, Robert Pachmayer and Anne Rasho have been named senior vice presidents. The promotion of these talented professionals reflects MFC's continued growth and its leadership in the financial advisory services arena.
"These professionals provide outstanding service to our clients. They each have a record of advising stakeholders on complex issues across a wide range of situations and industries," said MFC president, Ralph S. Tuliano. "Growing and retaining the industry's best talent is one of the most important investments we can make."
du Vair, 44, joined the firm in 2005 and has over 15 years of experience in providing valuation services. He is responsible for relationship development and senior project leadership on complex valuations in media, technology, business services, industrial products and other industries. Throughout his tenure at MFC, du Vair has served clients in the valuation of business equity, partnership interests, intangible and other assets and liabilities for public and private clients with valuation issues related to acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, shareholder disputes, financial reporting and strategic planning. Prior to MFC, du Vair was a segment leader of Standard & Poor's Corporate Value Consulting's industry initiative for consumer products. du Vair works out of the firm's Chicago office.
Steele, 32, has more than 10 years of experience in managing and executing complex business valuations including the valuation of business equity, sports franchises, intellectual property, partnership interests, intangible assets and employee stock options. Based in Chicago, he serves clients in a variety of industries, including technology, sports, media, energy and industrial products. Steele previously held roles at Standard & Poor's and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Woodford, 52, has been with the firm since 2003 and has more than 20 years of diversified experience in financial advisory services. His experience includes corporate and operational restructuring, forensic accounting, due diligence review, strategic planning, budgeting and analysis, cash and investment management and financial reporting. In addition to his role as financial advisor, he has provided corporate turnaround services to organizations in transition while serving as chief financial officer and/or treasurer. Woodford is located in MFC's headquarters in New York.
Duck, 41, joined the firm in 2008 and was promoted from vice president to senior vice president. He has more than 16 years of experience in valuation services, and has worked on appraisals for sale/leaseback, tax leases, synthetic and cross border leases, purchase price allocations, fixed asset record tracking, ,financing, insurable value and management planning purposes. Duck is located in MFC's headquarters in New York.
Ortega, 32, has been with the firm since 2009 and has more than ten years of experience in financial services with experience in valuing business enterprises, equity positions, tangible assets, financial instruments, intangible assets, stock options and intellectual property. He has primarily served clients in the chemicals, consumer, entertainment, financial services, industrial products, oil and gas and telecommunications sectors. Ortega previously held roles at CapitalSource Finance and KPMG.
Pachmayer, 30, joined the firm in 2008. He has over seven years of experience in corporate restructuring, turnarounds, bankruptcies, fraud investigation and litigation support. He has experience in the automotive and manufacturing industries, as well as printing, healthcare, publishing and utilities. Pachmayer recently served as advisor to Fluid Routing Solutions, Inc.
Rasho, 32, joined the firm in 2009 and has more than 10 years of experience in fraud investigations, forensic accounting and litigation support services. She has experience in the automotive, biotech, construction, education, insurance and securities industries. Rasho is currently providing forensic accounting and litigation support services to the Trustee for Sentinel Management Group, Inc. Ortega, Pachmayer and Rasho are based in the firm's Chicago office.
About MFC
A full-service financial advisory consulting provider, MFC provides corporate recovery, litigation and investigative services, valuation services, interim management (Interim management services provided by Mesirow Financial Interim Management, LLC.), operations and performance improvement, distressed M&A and capital raising services (Distressed M&A and Capital Raising Services provided by Mesirow Financial Consulting Capital, a division of Mesirow Financial, Inc.), alternative investment services, due diligence services and technology advisory services.
Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago. Founded in 1937, it is an independent, employee-owned firm with more than $37 billion in assets under management and 1,200 employees in locations across the country and in London. With expertise in Investment Management, Global Markets, Insurance Services and Consulting, Mesirow Financial strives to meet the financial needs of institutions, public sector entities, corporations and individuals. For more information about Mesirow Financial, visit its Web site at mesirowfinancial.com.
The Mesirow Financial name and logo are registered service marks of Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., © 2010, Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but is not necessarily complete and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Any opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. It should not be assumed that any recommendations incorporated herein will be profitable or will equal past performance. Nothing contained herein constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any Mesirow Financial investment vehicle(s).
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