November 18, 2009.Southfield, MI.William G. Diehl, President and CEO of BBK, international business advisory firm, today announced a series of senior management changes that reaffirm its commitment to the firm's traditional automotive clients and enable it to continue broadly implementing plans to diversify its Financial and Operational Advisory Services offerings.
"In recent times, BBK has been providing comprehensive advisory services far beyond our traditional core business," said Diehl."We have been steadily building resources to address the specific challenges facing industries such as aerospace, agriculture, real estate, healthcare and many others.BBK is now positioned to offer financial and operational advisory services tailored to the needs of its global clients."
"At the same time, BBK continues to value its automotive practice, and we remain focused on ensuring their financial and operational needs are appropriately met," Diehl continued.
Diehl confirmed the following appointments that are effective immediately:
BBK's National Debtor and Creditor Practice is to be led by William A. Wexler (of BBK's New York office).Wexler's national leadership team will include James Connor (Southfield, MI), Robert W. Schleizer (Dallas), Pierre Benoit (Phoenix), Michael Goldsmith and Timothy A. Turek (Chicago).
James Downes has been appointed to BBK's expanding Global Origination team.
Additionally, as part of its ongoing automotive practice commitment, BBK has elevated over time six senior executives to Managing Director and recently expanded their individual responsibilities to meet clients' evolving needs. They are: Nancy L. Colah; Gregory G. Coppola; Philip M. Goy; Timothy Monahan; Douglas D. Olander and Keith G. Updike. Recently, David H. Knill also joined BBK as Managing Director.
"As the marketplace continues to change, our deep bench in all practice areas makes BBK well positioned to maintain our long standing relationships and, at the same time, aggressively pursue new markets," Diehl concluded.
