Duff & Phelps Announces 22 Managing Director Promotions
Duff & Phelps, the global advisor that protects, restores and maximizes value for clients, today announced that the firm has promoted 22 colleagues to the managing director level.
Duff & Phelps, the global advisor that protects, restores and maximizes
value for clients, today announced that the firm has promoted 22
colleagues to the managing director level.
Jacob Silverman, President of Duff & Phelps, commented, “At Duff &
Phelps, we are committed to providing clients with best-in-class service
while promoting transparency and good governance. Our new managing
directors achieved this career milestone through their hard work and
dedication to our firm’s values and I look forward to their continued
success at Duff & Phelps.”
Devon Ackerman, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes – New
York
Mr. Ackerman is part of the Cyber
Risk practice and an industry-recognized authority on digital
forensics and the investigation of cyber-related threats and incidents.
He has over 10 years of investigative and leadership experience in law
enforcement as a Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI, and now leads a
forensic team guiding investigations on cyber-based corporate espionage
and sabotage investigations; ransomware and malware cyber intrusion
events; PII and PHI compromises; and many other types of cyber-related
investigations involving misuse of networked endpoints and
infrastructure.
John Arvanitis, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes
– Boston
Mr. Arvanitis is part of the Compliance
Risk and Diligence practice and has more than 27 years of experience
across a broad range of compliance-related programs, including
anti-money laundering, know your customer, global anti-money laundering
processes and program and policy formation. He advises clients worldwide
on anti-money laundering matters and other aspects of compliance
programs, bringing impactful and valuable insight to their challenges
through his extensive international and domestic financial investigative
experience.
Katsumi Asai, Valuation Advisory – Tokyo
Mr. Asai is part of the Valuation
Advisory Services practice and has more than 10 years of experience
in business enterprise valuations, exchange ratios, valuations of
goodwill and intellectual properties and other related issues. His
expertise includes valuation of both minority and controlling interests
in closely-held companies for purposes of acquisition and divestiture
pricing, tax planning and financing.
Rishi Aswani, Valuation Advisory – Mumbai
Mr. Aswani is part of the Alternative
Asset Advisory group, based in Mumbai, with responsibility for
overseeing portfolio valuations and secondary market advisory in India.
He has over 14 years of financial advisory experience and specializes in
mark-to-market valuations across diverse portfolios of illiquid and
privately-held securities.
Nicolas Ballian, Valuation Advisory – São Paulo
Mr. Ballian is responsible for overseeing the Valuation
Advisory Services and Alternative
Asset Advisory practices in Brazil. He has over 15 years of
financial advisory experience and specializes in the valuation of Level
3/illiquid assets for private equity fund managers and intangible assets
under IFRS 13 guidelines or equivalent local GAAP standards.
Mariellen Davies-DeMarco, Governance, Risk, Investigations and
Disputes – Reston
Ms. Davies-DeMarco of the Compliance
Risk and Diligence practice has 18 years of experience in the due
diligence, compliance and investigations industry. She is a Certified
Fraud Examiner and leads the practice’s North American operations as
well as Kroll’s due diligence research and analysis process.
Seth Fliegler, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes –
Morristown
Mr. Fliegler is part of the Disputes
practice and has more than 15 years of experience in business valuation
and financial analysis with a focus on the financial services industry.
He provides consulting and expert testimony on a wide range of matters
including valuation, solvency, commercial and economic damages and fraud
investigations.
Brendan Hanratty, Corporate Finance – Dublin
Mr. Hanratty is part of the Restructuring
Advisory practice and has more than 20 years of experience in
corporate advisory services. He advises clients on strategic financial
issues, debt raising and structuring and corporate restructuring
situations. Mr. Hanratty focuses on providing independent advice on
financial and operational matters to produce concise, actionable
objectives supporting clients through projects and transactions.
Santiago Hernando, Valuation Advisory – Bilbao
Mr. Hernando is part of the Valuation
Advisory Services practice in Spain. He has 33 years of valuation
experience focused on projects primarily in Spain, Portugal and other
countries in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and several
countries in Africa.
David Jimenez-Ayala, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes –
Madrid
Mr. Jimenez-Ayala is part of the Disputes
practice and has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance,
transaction services, forensic accounting and auditing. He has led major
forensic projects for anti-money laundering cases, forensic accounting
and fraud detection and provides litigation support as an expert witness.
Hiroki Katayama, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes – Tokyo
Mr. Katayama is head of the Business
Intelligence and Investigations practice in Japan. He is responsible
for managing a variety of risk consulting engagements, including complex
compliance-related engagements in Japan and coordinating the delivery of
such tasks globally for Japan-based clients. Mr. Katayama’s areas of
expertise include reviews of business processes and financial due
diligence.
Stephen Kopeck, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes – Reston
Mr. Kopeck is part of the Cyber
Risk practice. Over a career spanning both law enforcement as a
Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service and a cyber leader in private
industry, he has developed extensive expertise in cyber investigations,
specializing in digital forensics, incident response and threat
intelligence.
Dave Kothari, Internal Firm Services – Mumbai
Mr. Kothari leads the firm’s global service center, which provides
client and operational support services to the firm’s subsidiaries
across the globe. In a career spanning over 17 years, he has built his
expertise through spearheading technology and operations for companies,
enabling profitable business expansion, improved performance and
exponential growth. Mr. Kothari previously led the firm’s global
technology support initiative and integration for over 25 acquisitions
made by Duff & Phelps.
Robin Lesage, Corporate Finance – Paris
Mr. Lesage is part of the Transaction
Advisory Services practice and has more than 13 years of due
diligence experience related to both buy-side and sell-side projects for
a range of clients in France and internationally. He has advised both
private equity funds and strategic buyers across a wide variety of
sectors, including manufacturing, energy, telecommunications and
infrastructure.
Jonathan Martin, Valuation Advisory – Chicago
Mr. Martin is part of the Valuation
Advisory Services practice, focusing on the consumer products and
industrials sectors. His experience includes purchase price allocations
and goodwill/asset impairment testing for financial reporting purposes
under U.S. GAAP; business and asset appraisals for tax planning
purposes; stock option valuations; and business valuations for
management planning and advisory purposes.
Savino Alfredo Natalicchio, Valuation Advisory – Milan
Mr. Natalicchio is part of the Real
Estate Advisory Group and is responsible for the special divisions
department, which includes the shopping center, hospitality, renewable
energy and feasibility practices within Valuation
Advisory Services. He has more than 16 years of experience in real
estate valuation for a wide range of clients, including private equity
firms, funds and banks, and has conducted work in the U.S., Italy and
throughout Europe. He is currently Chair of the Italian Retail
Professional Group in the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Michael Quinn, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes –
Philadelphia
Mr. Quinn is part of the Cyber
Risk practice and has more than 12 years of experience in cybercrime
investigations, having managed a variety of state-sponsored and criminal
intrusion matters for several FBI field offices. He leads a
multi-disciplined team of incident response experts to help clients
evaluate and strengthen their cyber readiness.
Kurt Uhler, Valuation Advisory – Los Angeles
Mr. Uhler is part of the Real
Estate Advisory Group and has over 10 years of experience in the
Southern California and Las Vegas markets. He is primarily focused on
real estate valuation and consulting for institutional owners/operators
of real estate. Mr. Uhler has performed valuation assignments relating
to financial reporting, fairness opinions, appraisal reports, debt
valuation, positive assurance and market analysis.
Amaury Wernert, Valuation Advisory – Paris
Mr. Wernert is part of the Valuation
Advisory Services practice. He has over 10 years of experience
performing valuation engagements for financial reporting, tax and
transactional purposes, across various industries including
Infrastructures, energy, healthcare and industrial products.
J. Andrew Valentine, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes –
Dallas
Mr. Valentine is part of the Cyber
Risk practice. He is a prominent computer crime and cyber security
professional who excels in multiple capacities, with more than 17 years
of experience in cybercrime investigations in both law enforcement and
private capacities. He has managed several high-profile criminal
forensic and data breach investigations in the U. S. and
internationally. He routinely leads PCI forensic investigations (PFI)
and manages a team of investigators certified to do the same.
Mengmeng Yu, Valuation Advisory – Morristown
Ms. Yu is part of the Valuation
Advisory Services practice and has over a decade of experience
assisting clients with appraisals of businesses, intangible assets and
equity. She specializes in advising corporations and estates regarding
their financial reporting and tax reporting needs. Ms. Yu is a member of
the Technology, Media and Telecommunications industry group and has
extensive expertise in the cable, media, consumer products and
telecommunication industries.
Sarah Zheng, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes – Shanghai
Ms. Zheng is part of the Business
Intelligence and Investigations practice and has over 15 years of
experience with high-profile multinational companies, financial
services, management consulting and investment firms. She specializes in
due diligence, business intelligence, litigation support and fraud
investigation cases in China and internationally, and helps clients best
manage investment risks, employee risks, intellectual property
protections and corporate security.
About Duff & Phelps
Duff & Phelps is the global advisor that protects, restores and
maximizes value for clients in the areas of valuation, corporate
finance, investigations, disputes, cyber security, compliance and
regulatory matters, and other governance-related issues. We work with
clients across diverse sectors, mitigating risk to assets, operations
and people. With Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps since 2018, our firm
has nearly 3,500 professionals in 28 countries around the world. For
more information, visit www.duffandphelps.com.
M&A advisory, capital raising and secondary market advisory services
in the United States are provided by Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC.
Member FINRA/SIPC. Pagemill Partners is a Division of Duff & Phelps
Securities, LLC. M&A advisory, capital raising and secondary market
advisory services in the United Kingdom are provided by Duff & Phelps
Securities Ltd. (DPSL), which is authorized and regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority. M&A advisory and capital raising services
in Germany are provided by Duff & Phelps GmbH, which is a Tied Agent of
DPSL. Valuation Advisory Services in India are provided by Duff & Phelps
India Private Limited under a category 1 merchant banker license issued
by the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
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