Managing Director, responsible for interim executive leadership, principal investment, and strategic business and financial advisory across complex operational and financial engagements. Steven has over 35 years of experience as a senior executive and advisor leading companies through restructuring, turnarounds, recapitalizations, and transformations across real estate, aviation, healthcare, retail, consumer products, and hospitality sectors.

• 35+ years of experience in restructuring, M&A, capital markets, operational turnarounds, and strategic advisory across both distressed and healthy environments.
 
• Founder of SG Varner Advisors, serving as Chief Transformation & Financial Officer, board member, and financial advisor to companies including Transformative Healthcare, AmSurg, Incora, and FlexShopper, Inc., leading enterprise-wide transformations, governance oversight, and lender-side restructuring advisory.
• Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal for nearly two decades, serving as Chief Executive, Chief Restructuring Officer, Chief Investment Officer, and Chief Operating Officer across a portfolio of engagements including Unical Aviation, Targus, Erickson Aviation, Highland Crusader Funds, and Sunterra Resorts.
• Partner at Deloitte and Arthur Andersen LLP, leading complex operational, financial, and restructuring engagements, directing multidisciplinary teams, and advising boards, lenders, and investors on capital structure, due diligence, and long-term business transformation.
• BS, Accounting and Business Administration, WP Carey School of Business, Arizona State University.

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