HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 12, 2026--
MACCO Restructuring Group, an award-winning national business restructuring and financial advisory firm, today announced the appointment of Mark Alley and John Gorman as Managing Directors, both based in Houston, and Mason Gavilan as Senior Financial Analyst, based in New York. The appointments follow the recent addition of Senior Managing Director Walt Brown and continue the firm’s next phase of growth, adding cross-border operating experience, a lender’s perspective on distressed credit, and analytical depth to support larger engagements.
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“When you’re deep in a restructuring and hit a question no one on the team has faced, you want to call someone who has been there before,” said Drew McManigle, Founder and CEO of MACCO. “John has global experience and spent years on the lender and borrower sides of troubled credits. Mark has run companies and restructured portfolios from Houston to Central Europe. Mason gives our senior people the analytical support to stay focused on fixing the business.”
John Gorman, Managing Director, is a veteran financial executive with operating and workout experience across 53 countries. As a senior officer at two major Texas bank holding companies, he held commercial lending and restructuring positions, managed the valuation and liquidation of more than $1 billion in non-real estate assets taken in settlement or foreclosure, and served on secured creditor committees. As CFO of an independent exploration and production company, he led negotiations on more than $500M in farmout transactions across several African countries. He has raised more than $50M in private equity, served as an expert and fact witness in a Stockholm-based international arbitration, and, as an interim board member, led the reorganization of a fourth-generation U.S. drilling company. He earned a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mark Alley, Managing Director, is a hands-on executive, entrepreneur, and technologist whose work spans oilfield services, energy, software, manufacturing, private equity, and international investment. He led the transformation of a $140M company through cost reductions and product-line changes adding about $13M to earnings, and grew another company’s sales from $40M to $58M while cutting labor costs by more than $7M. As Managing Director of a privatization investment fund in Central Europe, he consolidated a portfolio from 61 companies to 17 while restructuring operations across the portfolio. He most recently served as CEO of an oilfield technology company. Alley earned a JD and European Legal Practice Certificate from Tulane Law School and bachelor’s degrees in economics and Russian from Vanderbilt University. He is a member of the Texas Bar and is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian.
Mason Gavilan, Senior Financial Analyst, joins MACCO in New York with experience on both sides of the Chapter 11 process, from debtor-side financial advisory to claims and case administration. He has led debtor engagements across Chapter 11, Chapter 7, and Subchapter V cases, receiverships, and wind downs, and supported nationally recognized Chapter 11 cases in retail pharmacy, restaurants, consumer products, and digital assets. He specializes in 13-week cash flow forecasting, variance reporting, monthly operating reports, and the Statements of Financial Affairs and Schedules required in every filing, and helped build a dedicated team for that work from the ground up. He earned an MS in Finance from Sacred Heart University, where he received the Gold Medal of Excellence, and is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
“Strong restructuring work depends on the people building the cash forecasts and the schedules as much as on the people at the head of the table,” said Walt Brown, Senior Managing Director at MACCO. “Adding Mason lets our managing directors spend their time where clients need them most.”
The appointments add New York to MACCO’s national footprint, deepen the firm’s cross-border operating experience across Latin America, Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe, and expand the analytical bench supporting its senior professionals as the firm takes on more and larger engagements.
With professionals in Houston, New York, Kansas City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Florida, MACCO serves debtors, lenders, private equity, and creditors nationwide. The firm’s integrated offering spans interim management, operational improvement, financial advisory, fiduciary services, and crisis communications.
For more information about MACCO Restructuring Group, visit www.macco.group.
About MACCO Restructuring Group
MACCO Group is an award-winning national middle-market restructuring and turnaround advisory firm serving debtors, lenders, private equity, and creditors. The firm delivers tailored, practical solutions that stabilize distressed companies, preserve value, and protect stakeholders, both in and out of court, backed by a team of seasoned CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CROs, and senior business leaders. MACCO Founder and CEO Drew McManigle was awarded the M&A Advisor's Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the restructuring industry.
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