40 UNDER 40 Award Winners Announced

NEW YORK, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The M&A Advisor today announced the winners and finalists of the 3rd Annual 40 UNDER 40 M&A Advisor Recognition Awards – Eastern Region. The following states are included in the Eastern Region: CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI and VT.

The M&A Advisor, renowned globally for its recognition and presentation of leading M&A, financing and turnaround professionals, created this recognition awards program to promote mentorship and professional development amongst the emerging business leaders.

The 2012 40 UNDER 40 Award Winners and Finalists have been chosen for their accomplishments and expertise from a pool of prominent nominees by an independent judging panel of distinguished business leaders. The 2012 Judges included: Mario Ganero, Chairman, Brasilinvest; Carol Massar, National Correspondent, Bloomberg Television; Bobby Blumenfeld, Executive Director, ACG New York; Scott M. Estill, Partner, Coady Diemar Partners; Robert Katz, Managing Director, Executive Sounding Board Associates Inc.; Peter S. Kaufman President, Gordian Group, LLC; Irwin A. Kishner, Chairman, Corporate Department/Partner/Executive Committee, Herrick Feinstein; Tanya Marvin-Horowitz, Managing Director, Focus Acquisitions Partners; Corey Massella, Partner, Citrin Cooperman; Dino Mauricio, Partner, Schaffer Consulting; Gordon McCoun, Vice Chairman & Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting; Gregory Milmoe, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Joseph O'Donell, Vice President, Investigative Management Group; and Alan J. Work, President, Works & Partners LLC.

"For over a decade we have been recognizing US and international transactions, firms and dealmakers for their achievements. In 2010 we initiated the 40 UNDER 40 Awards to recognize the emerging industry leaders," says Roger Aguinaldo, CEO of The M&A Advisor. "This year our judges reported that they were truly challenged to select just 40 winners and 20 runners up from such an accomplished group of Awards Finalists."

On Thursday, May 3rd, The M&A Advisor will host a black tie Awards Gala at The Lighthouse on the waterfront at Pier 61 in New York City to introduce the 40 UNDER 40 Award Winners and Finalists to the business community and celebrate their achievements.

Click here for a detailed list of the 2012 40 Under 40 - East Award Winners and Finalists.

THE M&A ADVISOR

Since 1998, The M&A Advisor has been presenting, recognizing the achievement of and facilitating connections between the world's leading mergers and acquisitions, financing and turnaround professionals with a comprehensive range of services including M&A SUMMITS; M&A AWARDS; M&A CONNECTS™; M&A ALERTS™, M&A LINKS™ MandA.TV and M&A MARKET INTEL™. Visit www.maadvisor.com to learn more.

SOURCE The M&A Advisor