A&M Appoints Two New Managing Directors

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal’s Corporate Transactions Group (CTG) continues its rapid talent expansion with the appointments of new Managing Directors, Joe Deegan and Lyna Sun. These hires are the latest strategic step in CTG’s aggressive march into the corporate transactions marketplace, as it scales to meet rising market demand with a unique integrated service offering and platform, buttressed with the growing firepower of the market’s top talent in its roster.

Joe Deegan brings over 30 years of experience advising controlling shareholders, company boards and senior executives – focusing on accelerating accretive growth through acquisitions, alliances, divestitures and joint ventures. He has worked on global projects in more than 60 countries, helping clients in consumer goods, health care, and manufacturing achieve enterprise and stakeholder value throughout the M&A lifecycle with a focus on enterprise and operational transformation as well as employee engagement, productivity and performance. Mr. Deegan was previously a Partner/Principal at EY and served in client leadership roles within their Transaction Advisory Services and People Advisory Services practices.

Lyna Sun brings over 20 years of experience leading complex buy- and sell-side transactions, spin-offs, IPO divestitures and joint ventures. Specializing in operational due diligence, synergy realization, culture, communications, organizational design and cross-border transaction execution, she has advised on deals ranging from $100 million to $50 billion across 125 countries and industries including life sciences, health care, energy, financial services, and consumer and retail. Prior to A&M, Ms. Sun served as KPMG’s U.S. National Practice Leader for People Strategy and HR Transactions and held leadership roles at EY’s Transaction Advisory Services and in-house M&A functions in health care and life sciences.