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During a nearly 20-year career at the privately held firm, Michael rose to partner level and helped develop the company from a small barge trading firm in Rotterdam to the multi-billion dollar firm that it is today. In his primary role was as head of the North Sea Crude Oil trading team, Michael was directly responsible for the company’s daily exposure to the dated brent benchmark which prices 60% of the world's crude oil. The company was at the forefront of the then-nascent transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Since leaving Vitol, Michael has concentrated on managing the family office, investing in startups and blue chips, as well as assisting smaller energy companies go to the public markets, before their eventual buyout.
When he has time to get away from his desk, Michael enjoys skiing, mountain biking and hiking in the mountains. He also competes in motorsports at an amateur level with notable success at Le Mans, and other well-known European circuits.
their creditors, across a broad spectrum of industries.
Steve specializes in serving as an Independent Director in companies undergoing significant change to their operations and capital structures. Steve has extensive experience leading Special Committees on behalf of Boards as they examine value-maximizing opportunities in financially distressed situations as well as companies that have completed a restructuring and are evaluating their next set of options.
Steve has extensive Investment Banking experience as well as extensive CEO and CRO management experience. Steve has personally turned around a number of financially troubled companies and has restructured more than $100 billion worth of liabilities across more than 100 transactions and has also provided expert testimony regarding valuation and restructuring
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As an Independent Director, Steve has led numerous Special Committees empowered to run, structure, evaluate and transact M&A processes, refinancings, recapitalizations, and special investigations both in court and out of court.
Steve spent 10 plus years as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Recapitalization & Restructuring Group at Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC) where he retired in June 2019. Prior to his tenure with Moelis & Company, Steve was a Principal of Panagos Katz Situational Investing (PKSI) which he founded in February 2008. PKSI was established in partnership with Kohlberg Capital Corporation to invest in the debt of financially distressed companies. Before founding PKSI, Steve spent 20 years with Zolfo Cooper, where he served as National Practice Leader of the Corporate Advisory & Restructuring group.
Steve has a BS in Accounting from the University of Michigan and is a former Certified Public Accountant and a former Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor.