07/07/2009

SENIOR  FINANCE EXECUTIVE Joins Avant Advisory Group Management Consulting Firm

Los Angeles, California, July 7, 2009  - Patrick Lynch, CPA, finance and management executive, has joined the transition  management  -  mergers and acquisitions, turnaround,  restructuring - and the C-Suite practices of Avant  Advisory Group (www.AvantAdvisory.com), a premier management consulting firm with a  national practice.  Mr. Lynch is a seasoned executive and consultant  with over 20 years of combined industry and consulting experience in food and  restaurants, retail and consumer products, manufacturing, real estate,  hospitality, and financial services.  Mr.  Lynch has held senior-level finance roles, including chief financial officer  and director level roles, at emerging growth, middle-market, and international  companies.  He has worked with startup,  entrepreneurial companies to Fortune 1000 international firms.  He also has extensive experience with strategic  planning and mergers and acquisitions.
Avant Advisory Group provides  specialty services relating to: turnarounds, restructurings, crisis, insolvency  and bankruptcy management; merger and acquisition advisory; and forensics and  litigation support.  Avant Advisory also  offers strategic, operational, and financial expertise to its clients with its  CFO and C-Suite services.  "The goal of  the firm's practice in this area is to reduce costs, increase profitability,  and improve cash flows for clients impacted by the  recession," said Jim Davidson, managing director of Avant Advisory Group.  "Patrick offers exceptional skills to Avant and, more importantly, to our  clients," said Davidson.  "Many  companies are struggling to maintain profitability and competitiveness within the  current economic environment.  Patrick's skills  are invaluable for helping them financially and operationally restructure,  while solidly repositioning them for the future.  Patrick thoroughly knows business plans,  forecasts, analysis and reporting tools that support company strategy and  business goals.  He is particularly  effective at helping management have greater insight and control over its  business, making more intelligent decisions that increase productivity, profitability  and cash flow.  We are delighted that Patrick  is now part of the Avant team."
Patrick Lynch is a CPA and holds a  master of business administration degree with emphasis on finance, strategy and  operations from the University of Chicago and a bachelor of science degree in  Mathematics/Applied Science from UCLA. To learn more about Mr. Lynch, his  capabilities, and client accomplishments, please refer to http://www.AvantAdvisory.com/bio_Patrick_Lynch.php.

About  Avant Advisory Group

Avant Advisory is a professional consulting firm with offices in Los Angeles, Newport Beach,  and Santa Barbara, California.  The firm is comprised of highly skilled  strategic, operating, and financial executives. Avant's consultants have  decades of combined business, executive, and consulting experience and  thousands of successful case studies.  Its  professionals come from some of the most prestigious consulting firms and  companies.

Avant Advisory Group specializes in:
* Turnarounds,  restructurings, insolvency, and bankruptcy of companies in crisis 
* C-Suite executive and transition  management: CFO, CRO, COO, CEO, and board of directors
* Mergers, acquisitions, and capital  transactions
* Forensics, fraud investigations, and  litigation support

Clients include public, middle-market, and emerging-growth companies across the  country.  Their management teams,  investors, capital providers, and other professionals, including attorneys,  trustees, creditor committees, secured lenders, and other parties in interest,  all benefit from the firm's services.

Avant Advisory Group's mission is to leverage trust and confidence in its  services, create value, and enhance each client's success. The firm  accomplishes this by helping clients improve profits, EBITDA, cash flows, and  asset management. There is also no stronger advocate for each client than Avant  whether it is by its forensics and litigation support services, turnaround,  restructuring, and crisis management expertise, merger and acquisition advisory  services, or its profitability and operational improvement capabilities.

To learn more about Avant Advisory Group, please refer to www.AvantAdvisory.com  or call James F. Davidson, CTP,  CPA/CFF, CM&AA at (714) 924 7888.

Media Contact:

Martin S. McDermut, CPA, CM&AA, CFS
Managing  Director
Avant Advisory Group
Newport  Beach, CA
(949) 417 5708
MMcDermut@AvantAdvisory.com