Tom FitzGerald
Phone: (212) 856-9700 x07
BIO
Senior Investment Professional with 30+ years of experience in Portfolio Risk Management, Bankruptcy, Capital Markets and Private Credit. Experienced with corporate restructurings both in and out of Bankruptcy Court, serving on and leading ad-hoc and official creditor committees, and board representation.
REPRESENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS
2024 - PRESENT: Coach USA, Inc. – Independent Director
2024 - PRESENT: ICON Aircraft, Inc. — Chairman, Independent Director and Sole Special Committee Member
2022 - PRESENT: STX Entertainment — Independent Director
2022 - PRESENT: Cyber Litigation, Inc. (formerly NS8, Inc.) — Post Bankruptcy Litigation Trustee
2022 - PRESENT: Sequential Brands Group, Inc. — Post Bankruptcy Liquidating Trustee
2021 - PRESENT: Treehouse Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. — Independent Director, Audit Committee, Governance & Nominating Committee
2020 - PRESENT: Akorn Inc. — Post Bankruptcy Plan Administrator / Wind Down Officer
2020 - 2023: Old Market Group Holdings Corp. (Fairway Stores) — Post Bankruptcy Trustee, GUC Recovery Trust
2022 - 2023: Tricida, Inc. — Independent Director, Special Committee Member
2022: Ventec Life Systems, Inc., Independent Director, Special Committee Member
2020 - 2021: Wave Computing, Inc./MIPS Tech, Inc. — Independent Director, Special Committee
2018 - 2019: Relativity Media LLC — Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Chairman
2019: Drivetrain Trust Company LLC — Board Member
2016 - 2019: Crystal Screens Media — Board Member
2016 - 2019: Travel Sentry Inc. — Board Member (non-voting)
2011 - 2023: Arts Ignite, New York, 501(c)(3) non-profit — Board Chairman
Experience
2009 - 2019: Macquarie Group, New York, NY
Senior Managing Director, Distressed Debt/Private Credit2008 - 2009: Brevan Howard Asset Management, LLP, New York, NY
Managing Director/Distressed Debt Portfolio Manager2006 - 2008: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, New York, NY
Managing Director, Distressed Credit Portfolio Manager1999 - 2005: Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., New York, NY
Managing Director/Co-Head of Research, Global Distressed Products Group1996 - 1999: BT Alex. Brown, Inc., New York, NY
Vice President/Credit Analyst, High Yield Sales & Trading1991 - 1996 Smith Management Company, New York, NY
Vice President/Distressed Investments, Family Office1989 - 1991 Price Waterhouse, New York, NY
Senior Accountant/Auditor, Restructuring Group
EDUCATION
Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, New York, NY, MBA and BS in Finance/Accounting