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M Freddie Reiss

M Freddie Reiss

M Freddie Reiss retired from his role as Senior Managing Director in the Corporate Finance/Restructuring practice of FTI Consulting, Inc. in 2013. Mr. Reiss has over 30 years of experience in strategic planning, cash management, liquidation analysis, covenant negotiations, forensic accounting and valuation. He specializes in advising on bankruptcies, reorganizations, business restructuring and in providing expert witness testimony for underperforming companies. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Reiss was a partner and west region leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where he co-founded the Business Restructuring Services practice. Mr. Reiss is a recognized expert in the field of financial restructuring. Mr. Reiss holds an M.B.A. from City College of New York’s Baruch College and a B.B.A. from City College of New York’s Bernard Baruch School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New York and California. Mr. Reiss currently serves as an independent director of both Woodbridge Wind-Down Entity LLC, and its parent, Woodbridge Liquidation Trust, on which he is also the Chair of the Audit Committee, and both Blackrock TCP Capital Corp., on which he is also Chair of the Audit Committee, member of the Governance and Compensation Committee and a member of the Joint Transactions Committee, and Blackrock Direct Lending Corp., on which is also the Chair of Audit Committee and a member of the Joint Transactions Committee Member. Since April 2023, he has been serving as an independent director for Peer Street, Inc. He is also on the Board of Trustees for the Baruch College Fund, and was chairman of the audit committee and independent board member for Contech Engineered Solutions and Managing Member and director of Variant Holdings LLC.