Los Angeles, California, July 7, 2009 – Patrick Lynch, CPA, finance and management executive, has joined the transition management - mergers and acquisitions, turnaround, restructuring - and the C-Suite practices of Avant Advisory Group (
www.AvantAdvisory.com), a premier management consulting firm with a national practice. Mr. Lynch is a seasoned executive and consultant with over 20 years of combined industry and consulting experience in food and restaurants, retail and consumer products, manufacturing, real estate, hospitality, and financial services. Mr. Lynch has held senior-level finance roles, including chief financial officer and director level roles, at emerging growth, middle-market, and international companies. He has worked with startup, entrepreneurial companies to Fortune 1000 international firms. He also has extensive experience with strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions.
Avant Advisory Group provides specialty services relating to: turnarounds, restructurings, crisis, insolvency and bankruptcy management; merger and acquisition advisory; and forensics and litigation support. Avant Advisory also offers strategic, operational, and financial expertise to its clients with its CFO and C-Suite services. "The goal of the firm's practice in this area is to reduce costs, increase profitability, and improve cash flows for clients impacted by the recession," said Jim Davidson, managing director of Avant Advisory Group. "Patrick offers exceptional skills to Avant and, more importantly, to our clients," said Davidson. "Many companies are struggling to maintain profitability and competitiveness within the current economic environment. Patrick's skills are invaluable for helping them financially and operationally restructure, while solidly repositioning them for the future. Patrick thoroughly knows business plans, forecasts, analysis and reporting tools that support company strategy and business goals. He is particularly effective at helping management have greater insight and control over its business, making more intelligent decisions that increase productivity, profitability and cash flow. We are delighted that Patrick is now part of the Avant team."
Patrick Lynch is a CPA and holds a master of business administration degree with emphasis on finance, strategy and operations from the University of Chicago and a bachelor of science degree in Mathematics/Applied Science from UCLA. To learn more about Mr. Lynch, his capabilities, and client accomplishments, please refer to
http://www.AvantAdvisory.com/bio_Patrick_Lynch.php.
About Avant Advisory Group Avant Advisory is a professional consulting firm with offices in Los Angeles, Newport Beach, and Santa Barbara, California. The firm is comprised of highly skilled strategic, operating, and financial executives. Avant's consultants have decades of combined business, executive, and consulting experience and thousands of successful case studies. Its professionals come from some of the most prestigious consulting firms and companies.
Avant Advisory Group specializes in: • Turnarounds, restructurings, insolvency, and bankruptcy of companies in crisis
• C-Suite executive and transition management: CFO, CRO, COO, CEO, and board of directors
• Mergers, acquisitions, and capital transactions
• Forensics, fraud investigations, and litigation support
Clients include public, middle-market, and emerging-growth companies across the country. Their management teams, investors, capital providers, and other professionals, including attorneys, trustees, creditor committees, secured lenders, and other parties in interest, all benefit from the firm's services.
Avant Advisory Group's mission is to leverage trust and confidence in its services, create value, and enhance each client's success. The firm accomplishes this by helping clients improve profits, EBITDA, cash flows, and asset management. There is also no stronger advocate for each client than Avant whether it is by its forensics and litigation support services, turnaround, restructuring, and crisis management expertise, merger and acquisition advisory services, or its profitability and operational improvement capabilities.
To learn more about Avant Advisory Group, please refer to www.AvantAdvisory.comhoB@ó/uj@LARge@WHER[C
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