Howard Strateman

Responsible for developing and implementing our mergers and acquisitions strategy, licensing strategy, and our seed capital incubator investments.

Assist the management of companies dealing with a corporate crisis in formulating the message, getting it out, monitoring press coverage, and follow up with the media as needed. Our clients typically request assistance with both internal and external messaging while the crisis exists. We have built a small but effective team based in the United States, Germany, and France working closely with a US based global law firm and their clients.

Providing life insurance products to the expatriate community with an office conveniently located in the heart of New York City, near Grand Central Terminal, and through a network of Agents around the country.

Adviser to growth firms, investor in private equity and venture capital deals. Restructuring adviser and Debtor in Possession (DIP) financing fund adviser.

Financial advisor to top rated internet nutrition company specialized in weight loss. Strategic advisor on operating partnerships. Advised on alliance with WebMD, Yahoo, and others. Investor.

Investment Banking, advised private equity investors on distressed bank acquisition, valued loans, valued banks with assets in excess of $40 billion. Philipine PILTEL cell phonecompany debt restructuring. Business in Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Philipines, Indonesia. Lived in Japan and Korea.

Chief of Staff in securities processing business. Managed technology implimentation teams, built and managed marketing department, strategic alliances.

Ran corporate bank, developed and implimented strategy, revised compensation structure, built new cash management products, built new securitization products, managed assets of $12 billion plus derivatives and contingents of $25 billion, senior credit office with full credit responsibility. Improved gross margins, cut costs, made record profits.

Debt restructuring, Restructured USG Corporation senior debt, represented unsecured creditors on bankruptcy credit committees. Prior banking experience with Citibank including Airline & Aerospace finance and extensive Middle East experience (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen).