Amir Agam
Senior Managing Director, Co-Leader, Corporate Finance & Restructuring, West Region |
FTI Consulting
Amir Agam co-leads the Turnaround & Restructuring practice’s U.S. West Region. Mr. Agam specializes in advising companies that are underperforming or undergoing significant transitions, often helping them navigate through some of their most critical and challenging periods. He has over 20 years of experience focused on turnarounds, including in- and out-of-court restructurings; interim management; performance improvement; and liquidity management and forecasting. Mr. Agam has served in interim management positions such as interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), Chief Restructuring Officer (“CRO”) and interim Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).
The industries that Mr. Agam has worked in include media and entertainment (including film distribution, video games, TV production and film exhibition), retail, grocery, consumer products, business services, manufacturing and distribution, education and financial institutions.
As a result of his industry expertise and history of success, Mr. Agam was recognized as one of M&A Advisor’s 40 under 40 Emerging Leaders in the Service Professional category in 2015. In 2020, he was recognized as a Restructuring & Insolvency Adviser Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal. While he served as Chief Restructuring Officer, Open Road Films was successfully sold in a complex 363 sale process that was awarded the M&A Advisors’ Distressed M&A Deal of the Year in the $75 – $100 million category and the M&A Atlas Awards’ Restructuring Deal of the Year (Middle Markets).