Nick Alvarez is a Managing Director and National Practice Leader of Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Group and Transaction Advisory Group. Mr. Alvarez has deep expertise in assessing financial statements, business plans, working capital requirements, capital expenditure requirements, operational and organizational reviews, valuation and capital structure, as well as in developing and implementing first 100-day plans and 13 week cash-flow projections – often serving in leadership roles on these projects in either an advisory or interim management role.Mr. Alvarez has also served as interim Chief Financial Officer of Treofan Group, one of Europe’s large chemical plastics packaging companies; Chief Restructuring Officer of a $250 million publicly-held provider of telecom infrastructure services; acting divisional Chief Financial Officer for London Fog’s Pacific Trail division, a $100 million division coat and jacket maker; and SVP of Operations of Wherehouse Entertainment, a $750 million music retailer. He was also a member of the A&M teams at Exodus Communications, an Internet co-location provider; German jet aircraft manufacturer Fairchild Dornier’s U.S. subsidiary; Bridge Information Systems, a $600 million provider of financial information and data to the financial services industry; Epoch Networks, a $40 million broadband telecom provider; Cherokee Apparel, a jeans and tops apparel maker; Fedco, Inc., a $600 million regional general merchandise retail chain; California Mart, a 100,000 square-foot office building that leases to apparel suppliers and manufacturers; Integrated Resources, a diversified financial services company; and a representative for the retiree committee in US Air’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Mr. Alvarez earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in business administration from New York University, Stern School of Business.

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