Mr. Brian J. Fox

Brian J. Fox, CPA is a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal and co-head of the firm?s Eastern Region Restructuring practice in New York. He specializes in providing a full range of financial advisory, operational-improvement and interim-management services in restructurings and other special situations, both in court and outside of bankruptcy. Mr. Fox has more than 25 years of experience advising companies and other parties-in-interest across such industries as aerospace, defense, manufacturing, mining, shipping, gaming, chemicals, retail and staffing. He specializes in developing operational improvement programs around customer and product profitability, working-capital reduction and expense reduction. In addition, he assists companies in the review and development of cash-flow and liquidity forecasts, strategic and operating plans, capital structure alternatives, and the development, negotiation and implementation of restructuring transactions. Among his significant engagements, Mr. Fox advisedCaesars Entertainment Operating Co. in its chapter 11 restructuring, Momentive Performance Materials in its pre-packaged chapter 11 restructuring, and a $1 billion steel company in the enhancement of its financial planning and analysis function. He assisted a $700 million aggregates and heavy construction company in the review of its operating plan, a privately held manufacturer of recycled paper products in identifying a series of performance-enhancement programs, and a $500 million chemical manufacturer in the integration of two transformative merger transactions. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Fox was a managing director with AlixPartners in New York and a managing director at Conway, DelGenio & Gries LLC, a boutique restructuring firm in New York, and he was a partner in the restructuring practice at Ernst & Young LLP. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, theTurnaround Management Association and ABI, and co-authored ABI?s The Chief Restructuring Officers? Guide to Bankruptcy. He is a frequent panelist on restructuring topics. Mr. Fox received his B.B.A.in accounting from Hofstra University and his M.B.A. in finance from Fordham University.