Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround/restructuring work? BISE: Early in my career, I was a commercial banker, and then I worked with a couple of small venture capital funds. In each of those settings, I had occasions to work with distressed firms. At the time I was leaving my last regular job,...
Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround/restructuring work? DU PREEZ: I started with Deloitte out of college and worked in audit for a number of years, which was really great for learning about the fundamentals of business and finance as well as seeing how a number of companies operate. But I...
Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround/restructuring work, or did you head in that direction from the get-go? YAGER: I’m one of those “get-go” guys. First, my father was in general management, and at some point during my high school days when he was talking to me about careers, he showed me a...
CEO, Medical Bridges | TMA Member: Three Years Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround/restructuring work? I see you had majored in computer science and math in school. ULRICH: I did. In fact, I developed the first commercially successful electronic mail service for a company called Tymshare in...
Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround/restructuring work? MONTAGUE: I originally wanted to be a lawyer, before I started college. When I was in college, I realized I really enjoyed my accounting and finance classes, so I decided to stick with it. Also, as an undergrad, I worked at a law firm and...
Shareholder, Tucker Arensberg Attorneys | TMA Member: Two years Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround and restructuring work? SNIDER: It was just by chance. I graduated from law school in 2005. My undergrad education was in Hispanic language and culture, and I also studied French and Portuguese...
Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround/restructuring work? SZEKELYI: I didn’t have this as a career path. It just emerged. That said, much of what I did before that was very helpful, from my time in commercial banking to private equity. The most helpful thing was having the opportunity to run...
Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround and restructuring work? FILKOFF: I started my career at KPMG. I was there for 12 years and spent the first nine years auditing mostly privately held businesses in the manufacturing, retail, and distribution industries. That gave me good experience across...
P ierre Marchand is a partner on the corporate restructuring team at MNP, Canada’s fifth-largest national accounting firm, in Montreal. He has more than 20 years of experience providing financial advisory and restructuring services. In addition, Marchand has served as a volunteer coach for the...
Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround/restructuring work? FIEGEL: I fell into this business more than planned to be here. My education is in industrial engineering, and I found that I didn’t like that, so I was searching for something. Before that I was doing architectural lighting systems. I...
