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Cameron Belyea is a senior partner with Clayton Utz and international committee member of TMA Global. He leads contested debt and capital market engagements, focusing on restructuring, workouts, special situation assignments, safe harbor planning, corporate takeover, tax controversies, and complex insolvencies. He was awarded the 2022 Best Lawyer of the Year award for distressed investing […]

Paul S. Valentine is a senior managing director with KCP Advisory Group. He focuses on performance improvement and corporate renewal, providing clients with strategic and marketing advice, while also emphasizing financial structure and operational efficiencies. His experience includes roles in healthcare services, medical devices, retail products, and manufacturing, including roles as CEO, COO and CFO. […]

Jonathan Reimche is a partner in PwC’s Deals practice in Calgary focusing primarily on Corporate Advisory & Restructuring. He specializes in providing financial advisory services to both debtors and creditors and has worked primarily in Canada and the U.S. on a variety of complex cross-border restructurings and liquidations. 

Donald S. MacKenzie is the co-founder and CEO of Conway MacKenzie, a global management consulting firm. He has orchestrated successful financial and operational restructuring transactions in numerous industries. His government and municipal experience includes advising the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, the City of Detroit, and Jefferson County, Alabama, among others. MacKenzie has wide-ranging experience in […]

Morten Kucey is a senior managing director and head of Corporate Development for SB360 Capital Partners LLC. He joined SB Capital Group in Toronto in 2000 and moved to the U.S. in 2002 to implement and oversee business development functions for the company. Kucey holds a master’s degree in international business and marketing from the […]

Matthew J. Arden is a vice president with SSG Capital Advisors. He works closely with senior bankers, advising clients on M&A, private placements, financial restructurings, and valuation engagements. Prior to joining SSG, he held positions with Graham Partners Operating Company and PNC Business Credit. Arden serves on the TMA NextGen Committee for the TMA Philadelphia/Wilmington […]

Mark E. Gallivan is a managing director with Second Avenue Capital Partners. His responsibilities include the origination, underwriting, and portfolio management of the firm’s investments, as well as oversight of capital management. Throughout his career, Gallivan has been responsible for financial planning, capital and portfolio allocation, and credit analysis. 

Stacey J. Schacter is the founder and CEO of VION Investments, which manages the acquisition and collection of performing and nonperforming consumer and commercial receivables. Since 1990, he has focused on receivable buying, servicing, and collections in the financial services industry, serving as president and CEO of Briannaco Investments; president of OSI Portfolio Services; president, […]

Lee Diercks, CTP, is a founding partner of Clear Thinking Group. He has more than 40 years of direct management and leadership experience in the consumer product and retail industries. For the last 20 years, he has worked in the corporate renewal and turnaround industry with companies in consumer product manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, and retail. […]

Patrick Diercks is a partner at Clear Thinking Group. He has more than 14 years of experience assisting companies in extremely difficult financial situations within the consumer product manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries. He is a CIRA and his areas of expertise include cash flow and liquidity management, loan workouts, preparation of business plans, collateral […]