Mark Hawken Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Ankura’s Turnaround & Restructuring practice focuses on supporting businesses across a variety of industries facing urgent and complex challenges. The practice aligns with and strengthens the firm’s strategy of providing its clients with local, highly qualified teams with deep, independent experience. The European team builds on the success of the US business and brings a blend of operating and financial expertise from leading consultancies and organisations.Ankura Consulting is an… Show more Ankura’s Turnaround & Restructuring practice focuses on supporting businesses across a variety of industries facing urgent and complex challenges. The practice aligns with and strengthens the firm’s strategy of providing its clients with local, highly qualified teams with deep, independent experience. The European team builds on the success of the US business and brings a blend of operating and financial expertise from leading consultancies and organisations.Ankura Consulting is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that help clients to protect, create, and recover value at critical inflection points related to change, risk, disputes, finance, performance, distress, and transformation. Ankura has more than 1,500 professionals in over 30 offices globally who are leaders in their respective fields. Show less

London, United Kingdom

BCG TURN is a specialist unit of BCG that was set up to extend BCG’s capabilities into corporate transformation and turnaround. The TURN team draws upon its situational experience and BCG’s existing sector expertise to support clients through challenging operational and financial restructuring.

Director, CFO and co-founder of Go Car Credit, where, together with the CEO, PE investors and leadership team, successfully managed the acquisition, carve out and return to growth of a UK specialist motor finance lender.Achievements included: acquisition and integration of a licenced consumer credit lending company with the assets, staff, IP and lending platform from a business in run-off; set-up and integration of stand-alone IT infrastructure for front and back office, digitisation… Show more Director, CFO and co-founder of Go Car Credit, where, together with the CEO, PE investors and leadership team, successfully managed the acquisition, carve out and return to growth of a UK specialist motor finance lender.Achievements included: acquisition and integration of a licenced consumer credit lending company with the assets, staff, IP and lending platform from a business in run-off; set-up and integration of stand-alone IT infrastructure for front and back office, digitisation and simplification of customer acquisition on boarding process; securing of flexible funding from shareholders and 3rd party debt provider; introduction and improvement of a new credit scorecard; securing of extended permissions from the FCA to allow servicing of 3rd party debt to support business expansion. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Managing Director in the Turnaround & Restructuring Services division of AlixPartners, the global professional service firm specialising in helping clients overcome complex operational and financial issues, creating value and restoring performance at every stage of the business life cycle.Roles covered a wide variety of urgent and challenging situations and included:Interim Finance Director for the £200m technology division of a private equity owned payment processing company… Show more Managing Director in the Turnaround & Restructuring Services division of AlixPartners, the global professional service firm specialising in helping clients overcome complex operational and financial issues, creating value and restoring performance at every stage of the business life cycle.Roles covered a wide variety of urgent and challenging situations and included:Interim Finance Director for the £200m technology division of a private equity owned payment processing company. Called in at short notice, over a 12 month period, stabilised, rebuilt and reenergised the finance team, provided day to day management and leadership of the finance function and led, simplified and improved the planning, reporting and controllership functions for the division, linking operational activity to financial outcomes for the first time;Deputy CFO of an FSA regulated insurance broker, supporting the CEO and company through significant, shareholder initiated, board-level change and regulatory investigation. Managed the audit and regulatory review process and interface with the regulator, developed an integrated business plan and successfully negotiated the refinancing of the company’s receivables securitisation and banking facilities;Devising the optimal financing strategy and leading the implementation of the strategy for a diversified, privately held, retail group, dealing with its unique ownership model and the consequential impact on access to funding markets. Delivered 50% savings on cost of funding with a more flexible funding structure that allowed the planned investment in growth projects;Working alongside the Executive Chairman and NEDs to lead the operational and financial turnaround plan for an AIM listed sub-prime lending business. Negotiated the restructured banking facilities and managed all company, shareholder and bank advisors involved in a rescue rights issue. Show less

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Relationship director for private equity and corporate clients, originating and executing leveraged / acquisition finance transactions to support M&A in the media and communications sectors. Managed deal teams to execute financing transactions; evaluated business plans and developed investment thesis to gain internal approval; structured, negotiated and documented debt finance packages for leverage buy outs; instructed and managed lawyers and diligence providers; reduced risk by syndicating… Show more Relationship director for private equity and corporate clients, originating and executing leveraged / acquisition finance transactions to support M&A in the media and communications sectors. Managed deal teams to execute financing transactions; evaluated business plans and developed investment thesis to gain internal approval; structured, negotiated and documented debt finance packages for leverage buy outs; instructed and managed lawyers and diligence providers; reduced risk by syndicating debt to investors.As part of the internal strategy team, developed the three year strategic growth plan for GE Leveraged Finance in Europe, leading research into new products / regions and sectors Show less

• Primary relationship director for selected FTSE 100 telecoms and media companies• Delivered solutions to clients across all Barcap debt and risk management offerings• Provided sector expertise / deal support to Financial Sponsor and Country teams.• Led team to deliver risk management solutions to public sector through the Shareholder Executive & MoD

• Origination and execution of structured lending in TMT sector.• Worked closely with Corporate Finance on equity opportunities.• Executed both vanilla and tax enhanced financing structures.• Team awarded “Telecoms Loan House of the Year” by IFR.

London, United Kingdom

• Qualified as a Chartered Accountant.• Specialised in restructuring, turnaround and acquisition due diligence.• Hands on experience of running a variety of distressed businesses.• Founding team member of Turnaround division and Turnaround Fund JV with HSBC.