CEO Speaks 12.7.24

Happy Saturday, and welcome to CEO Speaks for Saturday, December 7th, 2024, exclusively sponsored by sponsored exclusively by Second Wind Consultants, specializing in article 9, out of court, transactional restructurings.

Good times lie ahead as we prepare for the 2025 Distressed Investing Conference, Valentines Day edition, where this year with the Eagles playing the Sphere Las Vegas, what better way to create an add-on experience to the defining TMA and turnaround industry opportunity of the year.

Just a few weeks into our early bird opening, we already have nearly 300 registrants from all throughout TMA nation committed to the table setting conference of the year, with a few new features that will heighten this already stellar networking, education, certification and week of immersive TMA camaraderie.

For the first time, the TMA Restructuring Bootcamp and TMA Bankruptcy Bootcamp with both be offered at this year’s DIC.  Designed to maximize professional development and to open the doors of opportunity that these programs will lead participants to on the path to becoming a TMA Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP), this immersive two-course, comprehensive, full-day learning experience will ignite and excite critical professional skills like none other.

This storied conference will not only focus on the 2025 deal landscape within a new geopolitical and economic environment, but will also feature an expanded capital forum networking reception, complete with a larger and more diverse lending cooperative than ever before—creating abundant opportunities to find, fund, and forge deals, as well as cultivate valuable connections in anticipation of future transactions.

And be on the lookout in the coming weeks for announcement of our 2025 DIC keynote, and real and relevant education sessions that will engage and ignite pathways and strategies to approach new opportunities.

Rooms always go fast, and with a $289 per night rate at one of Vegas’ finest locations, the Encore at the Wynn, it is a win-win when combined with our early bird discount, to be part of what year over year, is the marquis restructuring conference opportunity of choice worldwide.

So don’t delay and register with our early bird TMA DIC rates today.

As we look forward to other upcoming opportunities in the new year, mark your calendars for June 2nd-4th, 2025 when the third Annual TMA Global International Symposium and European Annual, this year to be held in Paris, France, with an expanded format and more education sessions and skills workshops, to offer more opportunities that last year in London, UK brought together 200 participants from 18 countries.

Diversify your business and explore the world of TMA opportunity next spring, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, where we will create and motivate with the most interactive and eclectic real and relevant programming, that will bring to life important touch points of global restructuring, with a greater understanding of how the cross boarder landscape can be best capitalized on through TMA connectivity.

Stay tuned for the official announcement of the opening of this conference experience, unique to TMA, and indulge in something different, meaningful and well-rounded as a way to support your understanding and connection to being a part of something bigger through TMA.

Of the many highlights that defined TMA this year, one of the most important and impactful was the 5th TMA Paris Summit held in November, where this year, at this gathering of representatives of our 14 European chapters, TMA Europe Representation Committee and TMA Global leadership, a strategic manifesto, spearheaded by TMA Europe President Tyrone Courtman was shared and discussed, creating the basis of a foundation that will support professional development and growth for our European community.

Chapter leaders present at this year’s summit and who participated in this milestone year were Roger Oliviari, TMA Italy; Fedra Valencia, TMA Spain; Nils Aberg, TMA Sweden; Roger Bischof, TMA Switzerland; Joanne Rumley, TMA UK; John Lloyd, and Alexandre Leninivan, TMA France; Ivana Matic, TMA Serbia, Viliam Mysicka, TMA Slovakia; and Özgür Saygi, TMA Turkey.