Alan D. Holtz

Alan D. Holtz, CPA, CIRA has been a managing director in AlixPartners LLP's Turnaround and Re- structuring Services group in New York since 2006, where he primarily focuses on companies under $1 billion and co-leads the group's Transformation and Restructuring Advisory practice. For the past 25 years, he has advised on all aspects of the financial restructuring process, including bankruptcy plan- ning, business planning and analysis, cash management, operational improvement, creditor information management, valuation, and the structuring and negotiation of plans of reorganization. He has provided these services to companies and their management and directors, and also to financial institutions and creditors' committees, across a wide variety of industries. Mr. Holtz has been involved in dozens of major restructurings and out-of-court workouts. His recent clients include the official creditors' commit- tees of Residential Capital and of (Chicago) Tribune Co., Media General, SP Newsprint, The Newark Group, and White Birch Paper in a cross-border Canadian restructuring. Previously, he led a team at Remy International, a Tier 1 automotive supplier that restructured through a landmark 59-day prepack- aged chapter 11. For this restructuring, the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) recognized him and his team with its Transaction of the Year award. He has also been included on Turnarounds & Workouts' "People to Watch" list and was named "Turnaround Consultant of the Year" by M&A Advisor. Mr. Holtz is past chairman and past president of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advi- sors (AIRA), and is a member of ABI and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and sits on the board of Newark Public Radio-WBGO. He is a frequent speaker and author on the subject of corporate restructuring. Mr. Holtz received his bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.