Over the course of the past 40 years, Mr. Davis has served as Chairman of the Board, Executive Chairman of the Board, chairman of audit, compensation, nominating and governance, finance, and special committees, director, chief executive officer and/or chief restructuring officer of more than 300 public and private companies and businesses operating in diverse sectors. In his capacity as an executive, director and advisor he has managed, restructured, sold, liquidated and advised businesses across multiple sectors on business transformations, complex transactions, operational turnarounds and leadership succession planning. As a Trustee, he has successfully managed litigation, collections and liquidations in dozens of cases in both domestic and foreign jurisdictions. In all capacities he has helped investors realize returns and recoveries in the tens of Billions of Dollars. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PIRINATE Consulting Group, LLC, a privately held consulting firm specializing in turnaround management, merger and acquisition consulting and strategic planning advisory services for domestic and international public and private business entities. Mr. Davis also practiced law as Partner/Shareholder & Head of Corporate & Securities Practice for Holmes, Millard & Duncan, P.C.; as Partner at Arter & Hadden; and as an Associate at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, at which firms he specialized in corporate and securities, oil and gas and restructuring law and was involved in numerous public and private debt and equity securities offerings, asset based financing transactions, debt restructurings, and domestic and international acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, friendly and hostile take-over transactions, bank and S&L liquidations and sales and other governance and transactional matters. Prior to this, Mr. Davis was an international negotiator for Amoco (Standard Oil of Indiana). Mr. Davis holds a B.A. in international politics from Columbia College, a Masters in International Affairs from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, and has been a member of the board of visitors of Columbia College.
