Happy Saturday and welcome to CEO Speaks for Saturday, December 16th, 2023.
The end of each year is always a bit bittersweet as look back upon what defined our TMA year.
It is a time when we celebrate the leadership that elevated the possibility by bringing connectivity to new heights and the members who continue to steadfastly support us as the defining organization in the corporate reorganization, restructuring, and corporate health space worldwide.
I am profoundly proud and deeply grateful to you, our leaders and members, who are deeply passionate in your engagement of TMA opportunities, always giving and caring of each other, and prideful of the TMA banner under which we all professionally and personally thrive.
In our 2023 theme of TMA Lights the Way, we again broke new ground, created defining opportunities, and celebrated our 35th Anniversary and Hall of Fame year with the majestic brilliance that celebrated the vastness and richness of our worldwide organization.
Thanks to one and all from our executive board leadership, to our chapter presidents, and all the members who so selflessly give of themselves and for continuing to show what it means to be better together and TMA Proud. For this is the essence of what keeps us vital and vibrant, and will again do so in 2024.
So today, in a fitting end to 2023, I wanted to share in rhyme some of the highlight moments I had the opportunity to share with many of you all throughout TMA nation in 2023.
It’s a happy time, this time of year, a time most all of us are full of good cheer.
But in TMA nation we are happiest of all, for in this great place we stand together proud and tall.
Our year started with grander at our Vegas DIC, where from all corners of TMA Nation, the deals one and all came to see.
Following a grand kickoff to the special year it would be, we started the gala preparations of a 35th-anniversary spree.
From being a part of something bigger to lighting the way, the seas that define us were now well at play.
Actionable optionality from beginning to end, this TMA is the message of connectivity we always send.
From Florida to Rocky Mountain and California too, we showed the power of networking so seamlessly through and through.
From Texas to Nashville, that’s Southwest to Southeast, the regional depth of opportunity in 2023 could not be beaten.
Whether it be on the boardwalk empire (Atlantic City that would be) or up at the storied Saratoga racetrack, there was always a place for TMA members to be.
The women of TMA Nation took NYC by storm, and from Tiffany’s to the business of Broadway a new era of empowerment was born.
The NextGen global community joined forces with many a CTP, and tool chests of great knowledge were shared and imparted to tomorrow’s leaders who will soon be.
And live in Europe where we continue to thrive and grow, at our Global Inaugural International Symposium we put on quite a show.
From sea to shining sea and across the globe, the symposium we launched is now a legend upon which next year in London we will build.
In the UK that chapter turned us from adversity to opportunity and inspired us with delight, and in Germany, it brought together leaders of government, academics, and industry to educate us right.
Our luminaries who we celebrated at an Annual that in our memories will forever be, and our 35th Anniversary in San Francisco was one of our finest moments. I know all who were there will agree.
We launched chapters in Chile, India, and Slovakia, too, and reminded the world of how TMA is always inventing anew.
With judges, lawyers, financial advisors, private equity, and more, there’s always something blossoming under the banner, something lighting the way forward for sure.
This year now behind us, a great one at that, will invigorate and motivate us, for at TMA we never sit back.
Thank you to our leaders and our members worldwide, but not for your vision, passion, and knowledge there is no way we could so strongly thrive.
And now at the end of a resounding successful TMA 2023, may joy, peace, and happiness in our lives always be.
Looking forward and ahead to what lies next, we will Ignite and excite 2024 to again be our TMA best.
As always, thanks for taking the time to listen today and all throughout 2023. As TMA Lights The Way, your input is critical, your contributions paramount, and your engagement the foundation that will create a better TMA for all of our members.
CEO Speaks returns on January 12th, 2024
Until then, happiest of holidays to one and all. I’m Scott Stuart. Be safe, resilient, and TMA Proud.