Alistair Hynd has over 15 years experience in Corporate Finance. He heads the Project Finance and Financial Modelling Team that functions at Baker Tilly Corporate Finance, LLP (Baker Tilly). Mr. Hynd specialises in Project Finance, PFI, PPP and Debt Advisory plus Financial Modeling. Mr. Hynd is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and member of the Institute's Corporate Finance faculty. He is also a full member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Mr. Hynd's team at Baker Tilly can become involved in Project Finance or Financial Modeling in three ways:

Financial Adviser to the Government – structuring projects, evaluating bids, and negotiating detail

Financial Adviser to the Consortium – assembling the bid, refining and optimising it, and acting as interface with funding markets

Acting for the Banks and other Lenders - providing reassurance that the model on which they are lending is fit for purpose.

Other Services Include

Capital Markets: Reporting Accountants, Flotation e.g. advice on Financial Structuring, Accounting Systems and Policies, Share Option, Director / Employer Benefits, Audit and Taxation services

Due Diligence: Historic Performance, Cash Flows, Assets and Liabilities, Forecasts, Working Capital Requirements, Financial Systems and Controls, Taxation

Mergers and Acquisitions / Private Equity:Preparing / Maximise Value from Business Sales, Negotiate Terms and Raise Private Equity / Debt Finance to Support Management Buy Out or Buy In, Raising Private Equity / Debt Finance for Growth, Cash Out or Recapitalisation, etc.

Valuations: Shares, Businesses, Options and Warrants, Various Derivatives, Brands and other Intellectual Property, Film and Media Rights,Income Producing Assets

Paul A. Baumann is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Florida, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Mr Baumann also holds several designations as an ABV, CFF, and ASA. He has over 20 years experience providing testimony, and recognized as an expert in the field of Business Valuation and the Calculation of Economic Damages. Mr. Baumann provides Forensic Analysis and Expert Witness testimony for litigation purposes throughout the United States for matters involving Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Fraud, and Shareholder Disputes.

Baumann Moreau Consulting Group (BMCG) is regularly engaged tax and accounting services, and in the valuation of businesses and their securities in connection with mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, negotiated underwriting, and private placements. BMCG's reports are used to comply with statements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (e.g. FAS 123, 141, 142, 157) and for presentation to the Internal Revenue Service.

Services Include:

International Merger & Acquisitions

Business Valuation for Compliance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice

Commercial Damage Analysis

Dissenting Stockholder Suits

Fraud Investigations

Estate / Gift Valuations

Intellectual Property Valuations

Transfer Pricing and Fairness Opinions

Robert C. Brackett's background includes ten years of general Business Consulting, five years as an Operating Nuclear Engineer and an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering. Mr. Brackett has served as President of Crandall & Brackett, Ltd. since 1991. As a respected member of the profession, Bob has been active in the professional organizations which provide Training and Standard Setting for Certified Public Accountants who perform Business Valuations.

Mr. Brackett has authored and taught courses in Business Valuation theory and practice through the Illinois CPA Foundation, the American Institute of CPAs and NACVA. Bob's professional credentials include a Certificate of Educational Achievement in Business Valuations from the Illinois CPA Society and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Certified Valuation Analyst designation awarded by NACVA.

Services Offered:

Charitable Contribution Filings

Estate and Gift Taxation

Income Tax Allocation

Stock Options

Family Limited Partnerships

Litigation Support

Estate and Gift Tax Planning

Equity Restructuring

Establishing Buy-Sell Formulas

Mediation Support

Michell M. Cohen is a Certified Public Accountant. He has earned his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and Accounting. His primary areas of expertise are in Manufacturing, Distribution, Restaurants, Catering, Realtors, Landscapers, Interior Design, Medical Professionals, Personal and Corporate Tax Planning, Cash Flows, Business Consulting, Strategic Business Planning, Finance and Management.

Memberships and Affiliations:

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Jay W. Dahl is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Lease Professional. Jay W. Dahl is a CPA with over 25 years of accounting and tax experience. Mr. Dahl has been a partner at ECS Financial Services, Inc. (formerly Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd.), a 25-person accounting firm in Northbrook, Illinois since 1990.

Mr. Dahl’s expertise includes financial projections, business and personal tax preparation, management consulting, accounting and portfolio management services for equipment lessors and brokers, and personal and corporate tax planning.

Areas of Expertise:

Generation Skipping and Gifting Issues

Individual and Corporate Tax Planning

Research and Tax Return Preparation

Estate and Trust Planning and Return Preparation

Profit-Sharing and Retirement Plan Consulting and Design

Strategic Business Planning

Financial Statement Compilation

Management Consulting and Leasing Company Management

Mr. Dahl is skilled in multi state and multi jurisdiction income and personal property taxes and has served as a special master in the New York federal court.

Nancy A. Geary is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Lease Professional. She received her Bachelors Degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois. Ms. Geary has been with ECS Financial Services, Inc., a regional CPA firm, since 1984, and a Partner with the firm since 1990. Among other responsibilities, Ms. Geary manages the firm’s Leasing Services Department. Ms. Geary is proficient in various software packages specifically designed for the equipment leasing industry.

Ms. Geary’s primary areas of concentration include equipment lease portfolio management, accounting and consulting services for the equipment leasing industry, as well as accounting, auditing, income tax planning and compliance and management consulting for a wide variety of closely-held businesses.

Ms. Geary’s focus on lease portfolio management services includes:

Portfolio Management (tracking, billing and reporting lease activity)

Lease Accounting

Training and Consulting

Multi-jurisdictional Sales, Income and Personal Property Tax Reporting.

Ms. Geary has served as an instructor for the Equipment Leasing Association (ELA), the Certified Lease Professional Foundation (CLP), the National Association of Equipment Lease Brokers (NAELB) and the United Association of Equipment Lessors (UAEL). She has served in various board and committee positions for the CLP Foundation and UAEL, chaired the CLP Foundation’s committee to rewrite the CLP Exam, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the UAEL.

Ms. Geary has written articles published in several leasing publications, and authored the Tax and Financial Accounting chapter of the CLP Foundation’s Handbook of Equipment Leasing.

Ms. Geary has participated in several expert witness engagements. Her experience includes preparation of expert witness reports, rebuttal reports, damage analysis and forensic accounting.

Samuel N. Oliva has served as Managing Partner of ECS Financial Services, Inc., a regional certified public accounting firm, since 1982. Concurrently, Mr. Oliva has served as CEO of Beacon Funding Corporation, a successful equipment leasing company, since 1990.

Mr. Oliva is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Certified Lease Professional, a licensed business broker and a licensed real estate broker. Mr. Oliva serves on the Board of Directors of Harris Bank in Chicago. His distinctions include the 2002 Financial Executive Award from the Institute of Management Accountants and the 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Western Illinois University. Mr. Oliva obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University, and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Oliva’s accounting and tax background, coupled with his superior business knowledge and management skills, his expertise within the leasing industry, and his natural business sense, make him uniquely qualified to opine on accounting, finance, credit and real estate related matters. He has been instrumental in building both his CPA firm and his leasing company into well managed, successful organizations. He has offered valuable advice to numerous business owners and managers over the years, helping many companies to grow and develop into successful financial organizations.

Mr. Oliva has served as an expert witness in a variety of situations. His experience includes serving as a confident and knowledgeable trial witness, preparation of expert witness reports, evaluation of damages and consulting with attorney’s throughout the various stages of litigation.

Areas of Expertise:

Leasing Company Management

Merger and Acquisition Consulting

Real Estate Brokerage

Finance and Management

Estate Administration

Litigation Support

Personal and Corporate Tax Planning

Financing Acquisition and Negotiations

Investment Advice and Systems Consulting

Strategic Business Planning

Joseph B. Matheson is a Certified Public Accountant with more than twenty-five years of public and private accounting experience. Mr. Matheson passed the CPA exam with one of the highest scores in the nation, garnering honors at both the state and national level. His knowledge and experience guarantees focus on the needs of businesses and high net worth individuals and providing litigation and forensic support to attorneys and litigants.

Tax Services:

• Tax planning & Return Preparation
• Individuals
• Corporations
• Partnerships
• LLCs/LLPs/LPs
• Estate, Trust & Gift Returns
• Not-for-Profit Organizations
• Taxing Authority Representation
• Divorce & Support Issues
• Tax Effects of Buying / Selling a Business

Litigation Support Services:

• Fraud & Forensic accounting
• Damage Reports
• Business Valuations
• Economic Loss Reports
• Expert Witness Testimony

Sharon J. McNair is a Certified Public Accountant and the sole stockholder and President of McNair & Associates, Chtd. She is active in litigation support services, serving as Appraiser, Umpire, Arbitrator and Mediator and has been engagement partner on numerous audit, review, compilation and tax engagements in various industries such as mortgage banking, retail and wholesale businesses, professional service businesses, contractors, charitable organizations and manufacturing companies. Ms. McNair is also a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Forensic Certified Public Accountant and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Accounting.

Services Include:

Accounting

Auditing

Arbitration and Mediation

Tax Preparation and Consulting

Forensic Accounting

Business Consulting

Litigation Support - Wrongful Death, Divorce Proceedings, Partner Disputes, Dissenting Shareholder Actions, Disruption of Business, Economic Loss Analysis, Embezzlement Losses

Kirk D. Kleckner, CPA, MBA, ABV, AM is the Managing Principal of ValuationUSA, a boutique Valuation / Litigation Support firm. He is also the current President of Automotive Group Capital and Consulting, LLC - a ten person business specializing in the dealership industry.

Mr. Kleckner is a CPA, MBA and is professionally accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He is also an Accredited Member (AM) of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). Mr. Kleckner is a Qualified Expert Witness with experience in complex business litigation.

Mr. Kleckner's experience includes seven years as Chief Financial Officer for a well respected top 50 dealership group. He spent nineteen years with an accounting firm as its Chief Operating Officer, Director of Business Valuation and Litigation Support Services and Shareholder.

Mr. Kleckner's expertise leverages both his professional and hands-on industry experience. His practical experience includes buying, selling and integrating of businesses, managing businesses, instituting process management and rationalization, implementing business intelligence systems and organization and owner tax planning.

Mr. Kleckner provides services for the following industries: Automotive, Retail, Dealership, Insurance, Reinsurance, Distribution, Manufacturing, Construction, Service, Financial Institutions, Retail, Tool and Die, Technology, Trucking and Warehouse, Machining, Value added Retailers, Real Estate and Warranty.

Areas of Expertise:

Business Valuation and Acquisition / Merger Advisory

Real Estate Appraisal

Cost Segregation Studies

Succession and Business Owner Wealth Transfer Planning

Litigation Economic Loss / Damage Analysis and Independent Opinions

Timber Appraisals