Rob Vanderbeek has more than 30 years of restructuring, performance improvement and due diligence as well as litigation, valuation and forensic experience in a broad range of industries, including healthcare, energy, financial services, transportation and trucking, manufacturing, mortgage products, real estate, retail, hospitality, equipment leasing and distribution.
Rob led many distressed companies through the restructuring and sales processes, both in and out of court, for various constituents. He has served as interim COO and other interim mandates related to complex cases and has also played key roles in operational cost rationalization efforts, as well as an expert in litigation support and forensic investigations. He has testified in bankruptcy court including DIP and cash collateral matters.
Prior to joining Novo, Rob spent five and a half years at Grant Thornton, where he served as a Managing Director. Before that he worked at Goldin Associates (now Teneo), a financial advisory boutique where he was a member of the Management Committee and ranked in the Top 25 Crisis Management Professionals in Deal League Tables for six years. Before joining Goldin, Rob served as a Managing Director in the Restructuring & Turnaround practice at Huron Consulting Group. Prior to that, he worked in the restructuring practices of AlixPartners and FTI. Earlier in his career, he worked as a bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Rob holds a JD from Pace University – Haub School of Law, an MBA from the New York University – Stern School of Business and a B.S. in Finance from the Lehigh University. He is a member of the New York chapter of the Turnaround Management Association and American Bankruptcy Institute. Lastly, Rob has served on a not-for-profit Board as an Audit Committee Chair for a guardianship company at the request of the NY State Attorney General.
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