Founder And Ceo
CurrentWe focus on assisting emergent and renewal companies navigate governance evolution and challenge environments. The company offers strategic advice through deep competency expertise, independent thinking, thorough attention to detail and dedicated service to deliver top results for its clients. As one client stated, ‘GIRSA cleared the fog of war to allow us to weigh options and paths.’Areas of Expertise include:• Governance & Compliance Simplification• International Operations Governance Applications• Restructuring, Proxy Contest & Risk Management Exploration• Strategy Optimization for Corporate Boards• Advisory & Implementation Alignment Founder & CEOMichelle Friel is a seasoned executive in highly dynamic environments such as restructuring, IPO, and other M&A transactional situations across various industries. She has a deep knowledge of industry drivers, players, valuation and financing alternatives. She is the CEO of her own advisory business, providing strategic, risk and governance services to both public and private companies. Her relatively unique approach and philosophy comes from experience working directly in the C-Suite of several world-class companies and collaborating with several others. Those experiences have yielded a style that has been highly successful in helping create a collaborative value for business partners over the long-term.Friel is an active member of WomenCorporateDirecors and DirectWomen. She has been awarded a National Association of Corporate Directors Governance Fellowship and has been a longstanding member of several bar associations and the Society of Governance and Corporate Secretarial Professionals.
