Bob is well known in the industry for his success in leading corporations through different restructuring scenarios and building consensus among diverse groups of employees, creditors and shareholders to achieve operational turnarounds. He is recognized for his skills in developing strategic options, identifying critical issues in lender negotiations, defining successful negotiating strategies, and motivating fragmented management groups within stressful environments to achieve aggressive goals. He has significant restructuring experience in large and mid-size corporations, many with extensive international operations. He has directed successful corporate initiatives that have restored underperforming corporations to profitability. Bob has held management positions in public and private corporations that include Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Restructuring Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director.
Bob is currently serving as co-leader of the firm's European operations. He recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of Refco, Inc. transitioning through the sale of its regulated businesses. He has also served as the Chief Restructuring Officer of Mirant Corporation, an international energy provider. Previously he served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Restructuring Officer at Harnischfeger Industries, Inc., which successfully emerged from Chapter 11 as an independent entity, renamed Joy Global. He also previously served as SVP-Restructuring Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Zenith Electronics Corporation and was directly involved in its operational and financial prepackaged bankruptcy restructuring. Prior to Zenith Electronics, Bob served as CEO and President of Forstmann & Company, and also was appointed as Chairman and CEO of AM International. The restructurings he has managed have required strategic repositioning of core operations, re-financings, divestitures, aggressive cost reductions and comprehensive working capital initiatives. Bob has extensive experience working with existing management to return organizations to sustainable profitability.
Prior to joining AlixPartners, Bob served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Leach & Garner Company, a $2 billion diversified precious and base metal manufacturing and trading company with foreign manufacturing operations. He also served as Vice President of Chase Bank in their worldwide commodities division where he worked with a variety of multinational and highly leveraged corporations. He also worked at Scott Paper Company as a marketing executive. He has served as a director on the boards of several public companies and is currently a Director of the Greater New York Council for the Boy Scouts of America. Bob is an active member of industry trade associations and lectures at business and academic forums throughout the world. He has been widely published and quoted in major business media, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and in academic venues. He has achieved certification as a Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP).
Bob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics from Rutgers University and a Master of Business Administration degree in accounting and taxation from New York University.
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