New hires bring extensive financial operations and business services transformation expertise, expanding A&M's CFO Services offering.

NEW YORK, April 23, 2024 – Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) expands its CFO Services Group offering with appointment of Managing Directors Gregg Nicoll, Vikas Kumar and Sean Kracklauer within its Corporate Performance Improvement (CPI) practice. Messrs. Nicoll's, Kumar's and Kracklauer's financial planning and analysis (FP&A), operations/global business services (GBS) and financial strategy expertise enhances A&M's ability to meet growing market demand for transformative financial solutions that deliver advanced end-to-end digital capabilities.

Collectively, the three new Managing Directors bring three-quarters of a century of management consulting, financial and operational management expertise to A&M. They have advised the C-suite, CFOs and their leadership teams, including controllers, heads of GBS, FP&A, tax, treasury, audit and finance transformation leaders. Additionally, they have worked across multiple geographies and sectors, including healthcare, retail, consumer and industrial products, financial services, media, broadcasting and entertainment, technology and telecommunications, aerospace and defense, energy, materials and mining and automotive.

Tiffany Brown, CPI Managing Director in Atlanta and North America Solution Leader of the CFO Services practice, explained, "Our expanded CFO Services offering is driven by market demand, forecasted at a double digit annual growth rate over the next few years. The market is dynamic and ripe with opportunities to maximize value and drive change. Our talent, solutions and capabilities investments position CFO Services as a responsive long-term partner to help capitalize on those opportunities. Gregg, Vikas and Sean further our ability to address mid-market and global CFOs' evolving innovation needs by designing and assisting with the implementation of transformational action plans that achieve the C-suite's goals."

Prior to joining A&M:

  • Mr. Nicoll served as a CFO Advisory Partner with Genpact in New York, where he led finance strategy, strategic benchmarking, target operating model and GBS solutions.
  • Mr. Kumar served as a North American Finance and Accounting Practice Lead with Infosys. In this role, he drove finance transformation, including operational excellence, digital enablement, strategic cost optimization and operating model/global business engagements for mid and large-scale corporations across multiple sectors.
  • Mr. Kracklauer served as The Hackett Group's Western Regional Leader and Finance Transformation practice Principal in addition to having senior management consulting positions with Parson Consulting and Accenture.

"A&Ms integrated model and freedom from audit conflicts provides the foundation upon which our comprehensive, global CFO Services offering is built," continued Ms. Brown. "As financial leaders face pressures to digitally transform their organizations amidst a volatile economic backdrop, they are no longer solely financial stewards. The office of the CFO must now serve as a strategic operating partner driving digital enablement at every level, across the enterprise."

Messrs. Nicoll, Kumar and Kracklauer added, "Our backgrounds align with A&M's operational heritage. We are driven by the same results-oriented approach and striving to drive change. The firm's track record of developing holistic, comprehensive solutions to clients' complex problems is a competitive market advantage. We are dedicated to delivering value through A&M's fact-based approach that boosts bottom-line results through transformative change."

About Alvarez & Marsal

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.

With over 9,000 people providing services across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M's restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what's really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

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