Mr. Duncan A. Pickett

Duncan A. Pickett is executive director of Restructuring in the Washington, D.C., office of Capstone Advisory Group, LLC, where he specializes in providing financial restructuring advisory services and crisis management. He has advised various constituencies in his assignments, including advising lend- ers in various turnaround situations, and acting as financial advisor to companies in troubled situations or bankruptcy. Mr. Pickett's turnaround advisory assignments have included strategic planning, cash- flow forecasting and cash management, business plan preparation and analysis, facility rationalization, and going-concern and liquidation valuation analyses. Previously, he was a director in the Policano & Manzo legacy practice of FTI Consulting. Prior to joining Policano & Manzo in 2002, Mr. Pickett man- aged a commercial door distributor and manufacturer through a restructuring and bankruptcy. Prior to that, he structured, negotiated and performed due diligence on approximately $400 million of acquisi- tions for Capital Automotive REIT. Mr. Pickett's industry experience includes automobiles and compo- nents, gaming, lodging and hospitality, manufacturing, metals and mining, real estate and construction, retail and wholesale distribution, and telecommunications. His cases include Adelphia Communications Corp., Greektown Casino, LLC, Mosler, The Majestic Star Casino, LLC and Viasystems Group, Inc. Mr. Pickett holds a B.S. in accounting and finance from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.