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With more than 10 years of corporate restructuring experience, Matt Donnell develops and implements operational and financial improvement plans to maximize value for stakeholders. His expertise spans a wide variety of industries, including:

Mr. Donnell has provided operational and financial advisory services for numerous companies and has assisted both debtors and creditors with complex business restructurings. A few of his engagements include:

• Financial advisor for a $200 million fire truck and chassis manufacturer during its Chapter 11 proceedings
• Performed a competitor benchmarking study and valuation analysis for various bondholders of an $800 million wireless telecommunications company
• Advised the board of directors for a $170 million restoration, construction and interior services company
• Provided strategic and operational advisory services to a $100 million marketer of outdoor and work-wear apparel
• Offered operational improvement expertise to the senior secured lenders during the debt-for-equity restructuring of a $160 million auto parts manufacturer
• Provided operational improvement recommendations to the secured bondholder group of a building products company in a highly contested negotiation over the priority of payment from asset sale proceeds

Previously, Mr. Donnell served as the senior vice president of portfolio management for an asset management firm, where he was responsible for managing corporate control equity investments for a closed-end, private equity limited partnership. Prior to that, he served as a managing director of corporate recovery for a restructuring and turnaround management firm.

Mr. Donnell holds a bachelor's degree with concentrations in finance and real estate from Texas Christian University and an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He is a CFA charter holder and a Certified Turnaround Professional.