Ken ***** is co-founder and Managing Director of ***** ***** , LLC, based in the firm’s New York office. He has more than over 30 years experience in valuation and corporate finance. He has built businesses in valuation and banking, and specializes in consulting with clients on the application of valuation techniques in support of their requirements related to financing, investment, insurance, taxation, and financial reporting. His experience in valuation and financing covers a broad range o ***** manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications, power & energy, and infrastructure.

Previously, Ken was Managing Director at American Appraisal Associates, Inc. from 1998 to 2007 as co-founder and co-head of its Structured Finance Group, the leading valuation practice serving the crossborder leasing industry, through 2004, and subsequently led the firm’s marketing effort for fairness and solvency opinions, as well as marketing business and asset valuations, bankruptcy, and reorganization-related valuation services.

From 1995 to 1998, he was a Vice President at Marshall & Stevens, and co-head of the firm’s lease appraisal practice.

Before entering the valuation industry, Ken launched and managed leasing businesses, as both principal investor and financial advisor, at Credit Lyonnais and The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. At both institutions he established business units, hired and trained staff, and developed internal infrastructure including establishing legal, regulatory, and accounting frameworks.

He also held positions in corporate finance in Capstar Partners, Bank of America, and Trans World Airlines, and served as a mechanical design engineer at Gibbs & Cox.

Ken graduated Cornell University with a BS in mechanical engineering, and received his MBA from Columbia University.

He is a member the Turnaround Management Association and serves on the NYC Chapter Board of the Association for Corporate Growth. He has made numerous speeches throughout the US and Europe on the role of valuation in structured finance and acquisition due diligence, and has written articles for a variety of financial industry publications. He has presented at conferences organized by: Euromoney, ATLAS/SFI, The M&A Advisor, The Wall Street Transcript, Association for Corporate Growth and New York Business Roundtable. His articles have been published in Asset Finance International, The Monitor, World Leasing Yearbook, and International Finance and Treasury.