AlixPartners Announces 24 Promotions to Managing Director

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - February 07, 2017) - AlixPartners, the global business advisory firm, announced 24 promotions to Managing Director.

Simon Freakley, Chief Executive Officer at AlixPartners, said: "I am delighted to announce the promotion of 24 of our high performing Directors to Managing Directors of the firm. They personify our core values through their professionalism, dedication and leadership in their work, both with clients and with colleagues. As a group, they exemplify our firm's unique ability to deliver and implement high impact solutions for our clients quickly, across geographies, industries and service offerings."

All promotions are listed below, by city:

Boston

Apratim Sarkar has more than 20 years of consulting and industry experience, with a particular focus on procurement transformation, strategic sourcing, product design and value engineering, and operational cost improvement in the retail and consumer packaged goods sectors across North America. Prior to AlixPartners, he was an associate principal at McKinsey & Company, where he coordinated the North American consumer packaged goods procurement practice. Apratim's hands-on experience includes serving in a virtual chief procurement officer role at a retail client under bankruptcy/restructuring and in product design and development at Oracle. Apratim has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Greg Sward helps large companies drive profitability and go to market, primarily in the technology and related services industries. He has directly led growth and broad cost transformations, both directly at companies and in private-equity portfolio environments. With almost 25 years of experience, Greg brings a balance of consulting and operating knowledge to benefit his clients. In addition to many years in consulting roles, Greg has held operating roles in sales, product marketing, product management, strategy, and as general manager. His revenue and profit-and-loss-ownership experience has been in higher-growth environments starting from zero, and in businesses with annual revenues of more than $500 million. Greg has an MBA in general management from Harvard Business School.