Paul Andrews

Paul Andrews is founder and managing director of Andrews Advisory Group. Paul has over thirty years of experience in providing strategic advisory services to companies, financial institutions and other stakeholders.   He has served as interim management, as a board member, and as an advisor to companies in a variety of industries including food, manufacturing, distribution, entertainment, professional services, and healthcare.  He also has significant experience in structuring and effectuating financings and recapitalizations as well as identifying and implementing strategic alternatives.  Paul earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and a law degree from Loyola University. He is a registered Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Illinois State Bar Association.

William May

Bill has extensive experience advising companies and lenders on strategic and capital structure alternatives. He approaches situations with a strong analytical framework and provides unique and creative solutions to clients’ problems. His background includes advising creditors and debtors on in-court and out-of-court restructurings and turnaround situations, providing mergers and acquisition advisory services to buy-side and sell-side clients, and investing in the debt of healthy and financially troubled companies. Bill earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and passed the CPA exam.

Chris Corden

Chris specializes in assessing and developing business operational plans, focusing on liquidity management, budget and forecast modeling, optimizing and testing financial controls and processes, and identifying trends and insights from large and disparate datasets into consumable dashboard reports. His background also includes advising both company and creditor clients on corporate restructuring alternatives, debt refinancing, and credit agreement negotiations. His background also includes providing audit and assurance services to various public and private companies in the insurance, financial services, and manufacturing industries. Chris earned an MS in Accounting from Michigan State University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Tom Williams

Tom is a seasoned professional manager whose innovative problem-solving skills and straightforward leadership style foster creative and efficient management solutions.  Tom has held numerous senior management roles within large financial institutions and leasing companies. Notably, he was an Executive Vice-President of PhoenixCor, Inc.’s leasing division, growing annual sales from $50 million to $450 million.  He also served as a Portfolio Manager at GE Commercial Finance, where he was responsible for managing a $1 billion loan portfolio.  Tom earned an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Steve Stringer

Steve Stringer is an accomplished senior level executive with Board of Director experience at both private and public companies, with a specialty in IT infrastructure and telecommunications. Steve has extensive experience with IT infrastructure management, IT outsourced management solutions, data prevention and protection, virtualization solutions, broadband communication services, and SAP implementation strategies. Steve is a proven leader who has developed and deployed successful strategies at various companies who have been at different stages of their life cycles. He has a breadth of experience within sales, operations, and finance. Steve is a Six Sigma Black Belt and has successfully deployed these principles within his organizations. As Global Chief Operating Officer at GE Capital IT Solutions, he was responsible for $11 billion of revenue and over 14,000 employees worldwide. He has run high growth businesses as well as those requiring organizational change. Steve has completed and integrated over 100 acquisitions over the course of his career.

William White

Bill White is a seasoned accounting and financial management executive, serving in the capacity of CFO on multiple occasions. His experience ranges from working with both startups and mature organization as well as companies in need of financial and operational reorganizations and realignments. He has extensive experience in generating cost efficiencies through optimizing accounting and information systems, enhancing internal control structures, and improving vendor management processes. In addition, he has experience in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and securing financing for middle market companies.

Charles Quirk

Charlie has a broad range of experience in financial planning and analysis (“FP&A”), business development, mergers and acquisitions, capital advisory, and corporate strategy. His background includes assisting in buyside acquisition processes, coordinating and directing financial and operational due diligence, providing financial analyses, and performing market research. His areas of specialty include physician practices, pharmacies, medical device manufacturers, enterprise software providers, and e-commerce platforms.