Alvarez & Marsal Expands Public Sector Services with Addition of Several Senior Professionals

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alvarez & Marsal has expanded its Public Sector Services group with the addition of senior directors Michael Imber (New York), Nicholas Srebrow and Scott Tullio (Washington, D.C.); and directors Daniel Richardson, Robert Noll and John Rust (Washington, D.C.).

“This group of senior professionals brings deep experience in improving the performance of public sector entities, and will make outstanding contributions to clients of A&M.”

“As economic uncertainty persists, federal, state and local government entities are striving to increase accountability, innovate operations and seek alternative approaches to manage capital,” said Bill Roberti, managing director at A&M and head of the firm’s Public Sector Services group.

“A&M offers public sector entities leadership driving fiscal and operational transformation, insight and expertise supporting financial regulatory economic assessment and implementation, and assistance in broad fiscal and market reform, drawing upon A&M’s restructuring heritage and operational experience with financial institutions,” he added. “This group of senior professionals brings deep experience in improving the performance of public sector entities, and will make outstanding contributions to clients of A&M.”

With more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Imber brings a blend of commercial and public sector expertise to A&M. Specializing in bankruptcies, workouts and middle-market finance, his recent public sector engagements have included serving as financial adviser to the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority and providing financial advisory services to a Midwestern city. He has also served as the financial adviser to several major municipal transit authorities in restructuring concession contracts with a distressed media company, and was most recently a principal at Grant Thornton, LLC in its State & Local Government Advisory Services practice.

Mr. Srebrow brings a broad technical background in the areas of homeland security, human capital, strategic planning, facilitation and information technology to A&M. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a vice president at LIST Innovative Solutions, supporting the company’s growth in the Federal market space. Additionally, his extensive client experience includes the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security (Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration), the Federal Aviation Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

For over 14 years, Mr. Tullio has served in advisory and operational roles for commercial, non-profit and government organizations. He brings experience in merger and acquisition due diligence, portfolio analysis, shareholder value analysis, financial crisis simulation, capital markets advisory support, corporate finance, and strategy. He also has specialized expertise across several functional domains, including financial risk management, strategic planning, crisis management and communications, business transformation and organizational design. Prior to joining A&M, he was a principal with Booz Allen Hamilton, where he led the Commercial Financial Services business for the Strategy and Organization Team.

Mr. Richardson has over 14 years of experience in strategy and acquisitions and capital investment as a principal and consultant. He has advised large financial services clients on crisis and risk management activities at a C-suite level. He previously served as a principal at Kidd & Company in its private equity practice, where he sourced, researched, and invested in a range of different businesses globally, including engagements involving risk analyses and mitigation strategies for U.S., EU, Brazil, and Africa-based companies and operations.

For the past 13 years, Mr. Noll has dedicated his time and energy in serving public sector and multinational corporations in financial services and technology as a client and consultant. His primary focus has been in the areas of strategy and operational risk, commercial intelligence, analytics, compliance, security, crisis management, business continuity / disaster recovery and continuity of government. Mr. Noll has worked and performed on client sites in numerous domestic and international engagements (Americas, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa). Prior to joining A&M, he served as a Senior Federal Executive for the U.S. Congress and directed a comprehensive $250 million dollar “all hazards” investment portfolio.

With more than 18 years of financial services and management consulting experience, Mr. Rust brings significant expertise in economic impact analysis, portfolio management, shareholder value analysis, financial crisis simulation, capital markets advisory support, credit risk management and modeling, corporate finance and strategy, and merger and acquisition due diligence. He also specializes in several functional domains, including advanced financial market risk analysis techniques, strategic planning and organizational design, and data analytic tool development and implementation. Prior to joining A&M, he served on the Board of Directors for the CFA Society of Washington from 2006-2008, and he was a senior associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, where he led the Civil and Commercial Financial Services group for the Decision Analytics Team.

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services helps public sector entities to identify new ways to overcome challenges and implement sustainable change — pioneering an approach based on operational and financial improvement principles that have proven powerful in the private sector. As the first professional services firm with roots in corporate restructuring to be hired by a public school district to implement reform, A&M has amassed a proven track record of delivering results to federal and state and local government agencies, as well as to education and non-profit systems.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global professional services firm specializing in turnaround and interim management, performance improvement and business advisory services. A&M delivers specialist operational, consulting and industry expertise to management and investors seeking to accelerate performance, overcome challenges and maximize value across the corporate and investment lifecycles. Founded in 1983, the firm is known for its distinctive restructuring heritage, hands-on approach and relentless focus on execution and results.

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