Alexandria, Va.— ABI announces that Neil Gupta of SSG Capital Advisors, LLC (West Conshohocken, Pa.) has been selected as one of ABI’s “40 Under 40,” ABI’s annual program that recognizes 40 of the top insolvency industry professionals under the age of 40. The honorees will be recognized at a special ceremony to be held on Dec. 10 at ABI’s 2021 Winter Leadership Conference at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Gupta is a managing director at SSG Capital Advisors, where he works with investment banking clients on a wide range of special-situations transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, and private placements of both senior and subordinated debt and equity. His responsibilities include buyer and investor relationship management, strategic advisory, and overall management of the deal process. Prior to joining SSG, Gupta advised the U.S. Treasury on its investment in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as a research analyst at Piedmont Investment Advisors. He also worked as a consulting actuary in the group benefits and health care practice at Watson Wyatt Worldwide.
Gupta is a CFA charterholder and holds a Certification in Distressed Business Valuation (CDBV). He is also a member of the Association for Corporate Growth and the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), for which he serves on the board of directors of its Philadelphia Chapter, and he serves on the board of directors for the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project. He received The M&A Advisor’s 8th Annual Emerging Leaders Award in 2017 and was included in the prestigious 2018 Top 50 Americas Rising Dealmaker list by the Global M&A Network. Gupta received his M.B.A. in investment management in 2009 from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and his B.S. in applied mathematics and statistics in 2003 from Johns Hopkins University.
“The 2021 honorees are a testament to the future of the insolvency profession, with exemplary accomplishments in both their careers and communities,” said ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss. “We look forward to this diverse collection of young leaders propelling ABI's full range of activities forward to advance the profession.”
The “40 Under 40” winners are distinguished by professional achievements and service and were selected by a group of experienced professionals from ABI’s current leadership. Nominations were submitted earlier this year by the candidates themselves or by colleagues via the initiative’s website, http://abi40under40.org. More than 200 candidates, each with outstanding records of professional achievement and community leadership, were evaluated by 20 judges. The majority of the applicants were partners, directors or managing directors at their firms.
Click here to view the full list of the 2021 “40 Under 40” honorees.
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