Earl McClanahan

I assist companies in achieving their strategic and financial objectives by identifying opportunities to increase shareholder value and advising executive management teams and Boards of Directors on these initiatives. With more than 20 years' experience as an investment banker, Chief Financial Officer and consultant, I have developed and implemented creative solutions for complex problems in both large and small businesses across a variety of industries.Financial management experience includes strategic planning, accounting and financial analysis, forecasting, due diligence, valuation, transaction structuring and negotiation, and presentations of analyses to executive management, Boards of Directors, rating agencies and investors. Completed over 80 transactions ($10 million - $2 billion), including strategic advisory assignments (M&A), leveraged finance (bank, bond and mezzanine debt), equity (IPOs, secondaries and private placements) and restructurings. Substantial experience in positioning companies for sale and managing all aspects of the sale process.Additional expertise in identifying and evaluating acquisition candidates. Key areas of concentration include evaluation of management, earnings quality, accounting controls, internal financial reporting, business plans / strategy and opportunities for profit improvement. Operations management experience includes project planning and execution, logistics, inventory management and capital equipment maintenance and modernization. Specialties:M&A - valuation, due diligence and transaction structuring, negotiation and documentationCapital structure / capital raising - public and private debt and equityStrategic planningFinancial forecastingProject managementProblem solving