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Jim
Guglielmo

Managing Director
Atlanta

Financial advisory, interim management, and restructuring leadership. 25+ years supporting distressed and underperforming companies and their stakeholders.

Jim Guglielmo, Managing Director
25+
Years Financial Advisory & Interim Leadership
CRO · CFO · Treasurer
Interim Management Roles
Restructuring Expertise
Senior Professional in Numerous High-Profile Cases & Across Multiple Industries
Boards · Lenders · PE
Trusted Advisor Across Stakeholders
Background

Financial expertise. Steady hand in distress or transition.

Mr. Guglielmo is a Managing Director of Areté Partners based in Atlanta, Georgia. He brings over 25 years of experience providing financial expertise and leadership roles to companies during periods of distress or transition. He has served as an advisor to management teams, boards, secured lenders, and equity funds.

His advisory services have entailed interim management assignments including Chief Restructuring Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, as well as numerous other senior advisory roles in special situation matters. He is a senior professional with a proven track record of identifying, managing, and implementing operational and financial solutions for companies to maximize value and foster long-term strategic improvement.

Jim has specific expertise in the development of business plans, detailed cash flow projections, review and implementation of specific profit improvement opportunities, contingency planning efforts, and divestitures of both whole businesses and non-core assets. Over the past two decades, he has worked in and with businesses ranging from small privately-held companies and large SEC registrants to complex global entities. These businesses extend across numerous industries including automotive, retail, hospitality, consumer products and services, industrial manufacturing, and real estate.

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Areas of Expertise
Financial Advisory
Advisor to management teams, boards, secured lenders, and equity funds across distressed and underperforming companies.
Interim Management
Senior professional on numerous interim Chief Restructuring Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer assignments.
Operational & Financial Value Creation
Identifies and implements operational and financial solutions to maximize enterprise value and drive long-term strategic improvement.
Business Planning & Divestitures
Business plans, detailed cash flow projections, profit improvement programs, contingency planning, and divestitures of whole businesses and non-core assets.
Litigation & Dispute Support
Supports companies and counsel in the resolution of financial and economic disputes through litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Client Work
Notable Engagements
International Automotive Components Group Automotive / Advisor to Management
Barnes & Noble Education Retail / Advisor to Board of Directors
Icon Parking Consumer Services / Interim CFO
American Tire Distributors Automotive / Advisor to Management
Bon-Ton Department Stores Retail / Advisor to Management
Caesars Entertainment Hospitality / Interim CRO Engagement
The Cliffs Club & Hospitality Group Hospitality / Advisor to Noteholders
Eastman Kodak Consumer Products / Advisor to Management
Sea Island Company Hospitality / Interim CFO
Delphi Corporation Automotive / Advisor to Management
Chesapeake Corporation Consumer Products / Advisor to Senior Lenders
Magnatrax Corporation Industrial / Advisor to Senior Lenders
Enron Corporation Energy / Advisor to Management
Beaulieu of America Consumer Products / Interim Treasurer & Advisor
Transit Group Transportation / Restructuring Advisor
Burger King Consumer Services / Advisor to Management
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