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Stephen Coulombe

Managing Director

Steve Coulombe is a Managing Director in BRG Corporate Finance specializing in turnaround and restructuring and performance improvement.

Mr. Coulombe has more than twenty years of experience providing a range of consulting services, including business plan development, liquidity and capital structure assessment, debt and equity restructuring advice and identification of reorganization alternatives.

Mr. Coulombe has significant expertise advising large global companies and has provided restructuring services on more than one hundred company engagements, including both public and private companies. His services include identifying strategic alternatives and developing long-term business plans, identifying and implementing profit-improvement plans, leading processes to sell businesses or underperforming assets, and securing financing.

Mr. Coulombe is experienced in assessing business-line profitability and return on investment, as well as identifying and supporting implementation of best practices with respect to working capital management, overhead levels, and the development of management reporting. He works closely with management during engagements and has served as interim chief financial officer (CFO) and chief restructuring officer (CRO). He has also led assignments involving carve-outs, sale transactions, and financing transactions.

Before joining BRG, Mr. Coulombe worked at FTI Consulting for over fifteen years. He also worked with the US division of Business Recovery Services of PricewaterhouseCoopers and its predecessor Pricewaterhouse. He has also held positions in the real estate investment industry.

Mr. Coulombe has led multiple assignments that have earned Restructuring of the Year honors, including Radioshack, Modus Media International, Orchard Supply Hardware, and Rue21. He has taught a graduate level course at Babson College entitled “Turnaround Management” and is a member of the Turnaround Management Association.

Areas of Expertise

Education

Babson College
MBA, Finance

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
B.S., Business Administration

Recognition

Mr. Coulombe has led multiple assignments that have earned Restructuring of the Year honors, including Radioshack, Modus Media International, Orchard Supply Hardware, and Rue21.