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Mark Samson
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mark Samson, Managing Director, has over 30 years of experience in crisis management and operations and has worked with US and international companies in the retail, restaurant, food & beverage, distribution, and manufacturing sectors. His expertise includes operations restructuring, business plan analysis, performance improvement, cash and vendor management, bankruptcy consulting, and interim management services. He has served as CEO, CRO, president, and financial advisor, leading more than 150 companies in the United States and serving on over 20 boards.
Mark’s expertise stems, in part, from founding a specialty retailer that became the largest in its industry and from serving as chairman of the audit committee and lead independent board director of a NYSE public company, which was the largest vertical clothing manufacturer in the United States with 280 retail stores in 19 countries.
He has significant experience with out-of-court compositions, Chapter 11, Subchapter V, and Section 363. Mark led the team of an Italian luxury jean retailor, taking them in and out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 38 days, winning the 2019 M&A Award for Deal of the Year under $100 million. In 2021, he won the $100-$250 million M&A Award for the largest Halloween costume company in the USA. He was also CRO for the largest diamond bank fraud in the world ($2.1 Billion).
Mark currently serves on several boards as independent director in the restaurant industry and an international fitness organization with over 1,100 locations worldwide. He holds a B.B.A. in Economics and Marketing from the University of South Africa and is a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). Mark has been published in the NY Law Journal on composition agreements, Women’s Wear Daily, and Franchise Enterprise magazine.
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