London February 2024 - Turnaround and Restructuring – Opportunity or Threat?

European Head of Restructuring, Alvarez & Marsal

Richard Fleming is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in London, and leads the firm's  Restructuring practice in Europe. With more than 35 years of restructuring experience, he has played an integral role in high-profile stressed, distressed and insolvency cases in public and private arenas.

Mr. Fleming has worked across industries, including mining (coal, tungsten, gold, nickel and copper), retail and leisure, financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, manufacturing, property, construction and oil and gas. Currently, he is the Administrator of NMC Health PLC in the U.K. and an operator of ~200 private hospitals in the UAE, a global IVF business and 36 subsidiaries in the UAE pursuant to the Abu Dhabi Global Market. Mr. Fleming is also the Administrator of the holding companies of Four Seasons Healthcare Group and the liquidator of Joannou & Paraskevvaides (Overseas) Limited.

Partner, Endless – TRI Turnaround Firm of the Year

Aidan is Managing Partner of the Endless Funds. Based in London office, he oversees sourcing and executing investments, whilst managing several portfolio companies at board level.

Aidan has been on the deal team and responsible for some of Endless’ biggest projects, including BSW Timber, Hovis, Menzies Distribution, Karro Food Group and Imtech.

TRI Turnaround Practitioner of the Year

Omar Mirza is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s restructuring practice in Birmingham, UK. He specializes in advising private and public corporations, private equity firms and banks on how to best protect value and preserve a company during difficult situations.

Mr. Mirza has more than 20 years of restructuring and transaction experience advising boards and financial stakeholders in stressed and distressed situations, specifically on managing short-term liquidity, working capital, consensual and non-consensual debt restructurings, raising of new finance in distressed situations and accelerated M&A processes.

Associate Director, Interpath and LBS Alumni

Giulio Piscitelli has more than 20y of experience in finance, turnaround/transformation, restructuring/M&A and investing.

Prior to Interpath, Giulio held roles at Alvarez & Marsal, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. He earned an Executive MBA with Distinction from London Business School, Honours in Business Administration from Ivey Business School (Canada) and a M.Sci. in Business Administration Cum Laude from Bocconi University (Italy).

Alvarez & Marsal

Andrea Jakes is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Restructuring in London. She brings more than 20 years of restructuring experience, working alongside a company or its stakeholders to preserve value in distressed situations. Ms. Jakes focuses on delivering complex insolvency solutions and supporting banks to optimise recoveries from non-performing loan portfolios in the UK, Cyprus, and internationally.