Steven F. Agran

Steven F. Agran, CPA, CTP, CIRA is a managing director with Carl Marks Advisors in New York and has more than 25 years of experience providing turnaround and interim management services to financially distressed companies. He provides financial and operational advisory services<br>to company ownership, boards of directors, private-equity groups, lenders and investors focusing on workouts, loan restructurings, strategic planning, bankruptcy, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Agran has served in various roles, including CRO, CEO, COO, CFO and advisor. His engagements have encompassed turnarounds, operational and financial restructurings, liquidations, cash manage-<br>ment, operational and financial assessments, due diligence and examinations, and chapter 11 reorganizations and § 363 sales. Mr. Agran’s industry experience has included automotive, trucking &amp; transportation, distribution, retail, manufacturing, businesses services and health care. He also has advised family-run businesses through transition periods and served as financial advisor to an auto-<br>motive worldwide training manual company that provides staffing, training, research and consulting. Prior to joining Carl Marks Advisors, Mr. Agran was a principal at Morris Anderson LLC. He has also been a turnaround advisor at Addition Management, Glass &amp; Associates and Nightingale<br>&amp; Associates. He began his career with PriceWaterhouse in New York City, then oversaw the retail paper distribution business for Central Lewmar Paper. Mr. Agran is president of the New Jersey Turnaround Management Association and on the board of directors of Global TMA. He received<br>his B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and his M.B.A. from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.