Ross Waetzman, CIRA

Director

Ross Waetzman is a Director of NHB Advisors, Inc.  He has over ten years of professional service experience advising corporations, as well as their lenders and equity owners, on matters of financial and strategic significance. 

Mr. Waetzman has extensive experience in corporate finance.  He has advised companies in a wide range of M&A advisory engagements, including public and private equity transactions, cross-border transactions, privatizations, and distressed sales.  In addition, Mr. Waetzman has provided fairness opinions, valuations, and financial damage calculations in litigation.  He is also experienced in obtaining debt financing on behalf of his clients to meet a variety of needs.

Ross Waetzman is a seasoned advisor to companies facing challenging market conditions.  He has advised corporate management on turnaround initiatives including project rationalization, strategic sourcing, large-scale staff reductions, and post-merger integration.

He has also advised creditors of distressed companies.  In this capacity, Mr. Waetzman’s experience includes advising on out-of-court restructurings, lending strategies, acquisitions through Section 363 sales, as well as providing due diligence services.

Mr. Waetzman’s experience spans numerous industries, including building products, consumer electronics, equipment distribution & leasing, financial services, health care, higher education, media, natural resources, professional services, metallurgy, and telecommunications. 

Before joining NHB Advisors, Inc., Mr. Waetzman was a Vice President at Barrier Advisors in Dallas, where he provided restructuring and M&A advisory services.  His past work experience also includes working in Credit Suisse First Boston’s Investment Banking Department (M&A and debt financing assignments), with A.T. Kearney (strategy and operations projects), and with Ernst & Young’s Corporate Finance Group (M&A and financial restructuring assignments).

Ross Waetzman obtained a B.S. degree in finance from Drexel University.  He was also a merit scholar at the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, where he obtained an M.B.A. degree with concentrations in finance and competitive strategy.  Mr. Waetzman is designated as a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA).