Mr. Eric J. Held

Eric J. Held, CIRA, CFA is a managing director with Development Specialists, Inc. in Los Angeles and has more than 15 years of investment banking, private-equity and turnaround consulting experience. He has been with DSI since 2009, during which time he has been involved in a number of significant bankruptcy proceedings, general assignments for the benefit of creditors, and engagements as an expert witness and financial advisor to fiduciaries, investment firms, creditors and other clients across a broad range of industries. Prior to joining DSI, Mr. Held consulted on numerous capital-raising, corporate ad- visory and turnaround engagements, including serving as a financial advisor to the unsecured creditors' committee in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Advantage Rent-A-Car and advising Dana Corp. and Dura Automotive Systems on their chapter 11 reorganizations. Prior to that, he was an associate at GESD Capital Partners, a $250 million private-equity firm focused on investing in middle-market consumer, manufacturing and business-services companies, where he pursued new acquisition opportunities and assisted in the successful turnarounds of portfolio companies. Mr. Held was also an associate in the investment banking division of Citigroup Global Markets, where he advised private-equity firms and consumer clients, closing on over $10 billion in M&A transactions and capital market offerings. He is a member of ABI and the Association for Corporate Growth, Association of Certified Fraud Examin- ers, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors and California Bankruptcy Forum. Mr. Held received his B.S. in business administration from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.