John R. Boken
John is a senior managing director with nearly 20 years of corporate restructuring experience. He has led over 50 restructuring projects in a wide variety of industries, including homebuilding, industrial construction, energy, manufacturing, retail and agriculture. John has developed expertise in devising business turnaround strategies, formulating debt restructuring plans and divesting of unprofitable and/or non-strategic operations and assets. He is particularly adept at designing creative solutions to the complex operating and capital structure problems that exist in large restructuring cases. John’s experience includes serving in senior executive capacities for client companies.
John was recently appointed chief restructuring officer for Flying J Inc., an integrated oil company. In January 2007 John was named chief restructuring officer and later CEO of homebuilder TOUSA. From 2005-2007 John was chief restructuring officer of automobile supplier Collins & Aikman, where he led the $4 billion company through Chapter 11. Previously, John served as president and COO of NRG Energy in its Chapter 11 proceeding and as CEO of Entegra Power Group, upon its emergence from bankruptcy. Other notable assignments have included Southern California Edison Company, Fleetwood Enterprises, Sun Healthcare Group, AgriBioTech and Riviera Hotel and Casino.
John currently manages the activities of Zolfo Cooper in the western United States. Previously, John was the managing partner of the Los Angeles corporate restructuring practice of Arthur Andersen.
- B.S. in commerce and finance from the University of Santa Clara
- Certified Public Accountant (inactive)
- Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor
- Member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Turnaround Management Association
- Frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on issues relating to financially distressed companies
- Winner of the Turnaround Management Association’s 2004 “Mega Company Turnaround of the Year” award for his work on NRG Energy