Riveron Consulting promotes three to principal

Riveron Consulting has promoted three principals – two in the Southwest office and one in the Midwest office. Each employee is a former senior manager for the firm. Riveron specializes in serving private equity funds, firms that are growing through strategic acquisitions and companies seeking to maximize the value of business transactions.

PRESS RELEASE

Riveron Consulting recently announced the promotion of three Principals – two in the Southwest office and one in the Midwest office – effective April 1st. Each employee is a former Senior Manager for the firm. Riveron specializes in serving private equity funds, firms that are growing through strategic acquisitions and companies seeking to maximize the value of business transactions. The firm was recently named a finalist for M&A Consulting Firm of the Year by the M&A Advisor and also was recognized as a recipient of the SMU Cox School of Business Dallas 100™ Entrepreneur Award for Fastest Growing Companies.
Promotions in the Southwest office, which is located in Dallas include Jason Roberts and Michelle (Tencleve) Laitinen. Both new principals will be responsible for client service. Mr. Robert’s 10 years of experience includes assisting both public and private companies forecasting, budgeting and modeling services. He joined Riveron from Healthmarkets/Insphere Insurance Solutions where he was a team leader and senior analyst. During her 10 year career, Mrs. Laitinen has worked on more than 100 transactions, serving a variety of domestic and international clients in a wide variety of industries. Prior to joining the team at Riveron in 2009, she was a senior financial analyst with Invesco and manager in Ernst & Young’s Transaction Support practice.

Nonye Ukawuba is the newest principal in the firm’s Midwest office, located in Chicago. Her more than 10 years of M&A experience includes financial analysis and leading financial due diligence on more than 100 transactions. Ms. Ukawuba joined Riveron after spending nearly 10 years in the London and Chicago offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

“The opportunity to promote our firm’s hard working individuals is one of my greatest privileges,” Riveron Founder Landon Smith commented. “Nonye, Jason and Michelle each demonstrated exceptional performance in their prior roles with Riveron, and I am so pleased to see them join the leadership teams of their respective offices.”
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About Riveron Consulting
Founded in 2003, Riveron is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has additional offices in Washington, D.C., Chicago and Houston. The financial consulting firm specializes in serving a diverse set of middle-market private equity funds and companies growing through acquisitions. Riveron Consulting is not a CPA firm; however, most of Riveron’s principals have Big Four experience. Riveron’s mission is to help clients maximize the value of strategic and financial transactions through buy-side financial due diligence, sell-side services and post-transaction special projects. An intimate understanding of a broad range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail, financial services, technology, energy and many others allows Riveron consultants to go well beyond the mere numbers on a balance sheet or income statement to discover value.