Nathan is an experienced financial advisor and management consultant who focuses on providing advisory services and interim management to distressed companies and their constituents, as well as companies in periods of transition. He has significant experience in crisis management, capital structure refinancing, cash and working capital management, cost reduction plan development and implementation, business plan development, valuation, and bankruptcy.
Most recently, Nathan served as interim Chief Financial Officer of Hilex Poly Co. LLC (“Hilex”), which is the world’s largest plastic bag company. In this role, Nathan helped lead the company through a pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring and had day-to-day responsibility for managing the company’s accounting, finance, and IT functions. Prior to this role, Nathan served as Hilex’s interim Treasurer. As interim Treasurer, he directly managed the company’s liquidity and working capital activities, and assisted in the implementation of various initiatives, which led to an improvement in the company’s year-over-year EBITDA of almost 50%. During his tenure at Hilex, Nathan assisted in the negotiation and closing of $535 million of debt financing transactions.
Prior to Hilex, Nathan served as an interim accounting Director for Mirant Corporation, a $3 billion competitive energy company. During the company’s Chapter 11 restructuring (the largest filed in the U.S. in 2003), Nathan led a team in the analysis of over $60 billion of inter-company transactions, as well as the resolution of various bankruptcy and litigation claims, which were critical gating items to the company’s emergence from bankruptcy.
Nathan has advised debtors and creditors in various other restructuring matters, and frequently assists in complex bankruptcy litigation, including matters involving fraudulent conveyances, preferential transfers, and substantive consolidation. In addition, he has extensive valuation experience in restructuring, transactional, and litigation contexts.
Prior to joining AlixPartners, Nathan was a Principal Consultant in the Financial Advisory Services group of Price Waterhouse. He was also previously a Senior Associate in the Business Strategy practice of Diamond Management and Technology Consultants, Inc., and a Senior Consultant of Peterson Consulting (now a division of Navigant Consulting). Further, Nathan previously worked at Hewlett Packard (“HP”), where he assisted in the IPO and financial separation of Agilent Technologies from HP.
Nathan holds an MBA in finance and corporate strategy from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he served as President of the Management Consulting Association. He holds a BBA in accounting from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where he graduated with high distinction. Nathan is a CPA and a Level III CFA Candidate, and is a Board member of the Turnaround Management Association – Southern California Chapter. He is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, CFA Institute, and CFA Society of Los Angeles.