Managing Director, Co-Head West Region
Alvarez & Marsal
Jon Goulding is a Managing Director and Co-Head for the West Region with Alvarez & Marsal's North American Commercial Restructuring Practice in Los Angeles. In this role, he specializes in financial and strategic planning, liquidity management and implementation of financial strategies for corporate turnarounds and restructuring. With more than 20 years of management consulting, financial restructuring and interim management experience, Mr. Goulding advises debtor and creditor clients, both in court and outside of bankruptcy.
Mr. Goulding assists clients in reviewing and preparing business plans, analyzing product profitability, assessing cash flow and liquidity, and developing restructuring and reorganization strategies. He has worked in a variety of industries, including retail, energy, technology, transportation and logistics, agriculture, manufacturing, telecommunications and financial services.
Most recently, Mr. Goulding was the Chief Restructuring Officer for Forever 21, Inc. Mr. Goulding’s other retail engagements include Toys “R” Us, Savers/Value Village, Movie Gallery (where he served as Treasurer), Haggen, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets, and Gymboree, among others.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Goulding spent two years in the San Francisco office of the Corporate Restructuring Group of a Big Five firm, where he served as an Associate. Previously, Mr. Goulding was a Business Strategist with Viant Corporation and an Associate at SRI Consulting.
Mr. Goulding earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. He is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. Additionally, he is a member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA), the Southern California Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association and the CFA Institute.
