Recognition Awards - Maadvisor.net

AL KOCH is a Vice Chairman and Managing Director with
AlixPartners. As one of the senior-most members of the firm, Al has led a
wide range of successful turnaround and restructuring engagements, including:
• Serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Motors Liquidation Co., formerly known
as General Motors Corp. (or “Old GM”). Just prior to this position, he was Chief
Restructuring Officer of General Motors, the largest industrial bankruptcy filing in
U.S. history.
• Interim CFO of the Kmart Corp., the largest retailer in history to file for bankruptcy.
Retailer Merchandiser recognized Al and the Kmart executive team as the “Retail Executive of the
Year” for their work on the Kmart restructuring.
Al previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of AlixPartners. Under his leadership, the firm quadrupled
revenues, tripled its staff of professionals, and opened two new offices.
Al was formerly a partner with Ernst & Young for 14 years. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from
Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Penn.
GORDON MCCOUN is Vice Chairman of FD Americas and focuses
on the firm’s Capital Markets Communications and Strategy Consulting Practices.
Drawing on over 20 years of experience on Wall Street and 13 years at FD, Gordon
helps the firm’s clients to protect their valuations in the capital markets and optimize
their engagement with the financial community. He also provides strategic counsel
on critical issues that affect enterprise value such as M&A communications, IPOs,
financial reporting, earnings guidance, dividend policy, restatements and management
changes.
Prior to joining FD in 1998, Gordon was an analyst and portfolio manager at Brean Murray & Co., The Bank
of New York, Citibank, Prudential and Mutual of America. He received an MBA in Finance from New York
University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
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