Mr. Davies has approximately 15 years of professional experience working extensively in the fields of corporate recovery, business reorganization and interim management services. He has provided financial advisory services to lenders, debtors, creditors’ committees, trustees and equity holders in bankruptcy matters and out-of-court restructurings. Mr. Davies has provided assistance to under-performing businesses, potential acquirers of distressed assets / entities, and advised clients on general business issues. He has advised and worked with financially distressed companies to develop cost containment and asset rationalization plans, improve liquidity, re-engineer financial and other back-office functions, and enhance cash flow. His industry experience includes retail, manufacturing, distribution, automotive, environmental testing laboratories, aviation, real estate, Food/Beverage and healthcare.
Mr. Davies has served as an Operating Partner in a leading global private equity firm focused on management buyouts and recapitalizations of middle market companies as well as growth equity investments. His primary objective was managing all distressed/challenged operations of any portfolio company experiencing performance issues, liquidity concerns, covenant breaches, availability diminution, management voids and synergy attainment. He has served as an interim “C” level manager, sat on the boards of portfolio companies, and partnered with deal teams on both buy and sell side diligence and negotiations ensuring the portfolio companies are running efficiently and accreting maximum value through strategic planning, cost cutting and operational assessments.
Mr. Davies was also a Managing Director and Co-Head of Mesirow Financial Consulting’s New England Practice. He spearheaded national large-scale projects valued from $1M to over $15 M focusing on the overall turnaround of at-risk operations within diverse and industry leading clientele platforms. Coordinated full project lifecycle, including planning, budgeting, reporting, field operations, negotiations, contract administration, and risk management. He orchestrated sales and marketing initiatives encompassing networking with leading bankruptcy counsel in various states as well as major commercial lending institutions, hedge funds and related organizations within target territories. Monitored performance of at-risk organizations, identifying and targeting new business opportunities, as well as authoring and delivering successful proposals to prospective clients.
