Domenic Aversa has actively assisted companies in dramatic transition for almost two decades. His extensive business experience ranges from crisis-management to assisting companies in making the transition from a command to a market economy in Russia and China.

Mr. Aversa has served as an educational speaker and a managerial advisor on international business development and insolvency issues for business and academic institutions. Audiences have included the Harvard Business School and the Sloan Institute of Management at MIT.

Prior to joining MorrisAnderson & Associates, Domenic served as a principal of a leading management consulting firm in the Mid-West. In this role, he helped guide a small local firm through rapid growth, eventually developing a national presence. He was instrumental in the expansion of client services as well as the development of new industry specializations. He has advised, assisted and participated in numerous transactions involving operational restructuring, refinancing, debt restructuring and the sale of financially underperforming and distressed organizations, both nationally and internationally. Domenic has extensive experience in the following industries: retail, food distribution, construction, metal fabricating, HVAC and electrical, injection molding, metal fabricating, and product distribution.

In 1998, Mr. Aversa served as the interim-CEO of a middle market national retailer, where he guided the organization through a successful turnaround, including refinancing. In 1999, he was invited by the Economic Development Ministers of Shanghai and Jiangxi provinces in China to serve as an operational advisor for several State Owned Enterprises.

In 1991, seizing the opportunities afforded by the break-up of the Soviet Union, Domenic formed a company to assist key international food and beverage industry participants gain a strategic foothold in the emerging Russian markets. His work included developing distribution infrastructures as well as identifying and establishing strategic alliances, joint ventures and acquisitions. To facilitate this part of his business, he founded and operated a financial services division that led to the formation of a private commercial bank based in Moscow. At the same time, Domenic was an integral part in a third segment of his business, commercial real estate. His company focused on numerous land development projects, including land-use and construction management.

Mr. Aversa is a former member of the International Committee of the National Turnaround Management Association, participating in the development of TMA offices in China, Mexico, England and Australia. He is a member of both the Canadian and American Bar Associations. As a former owner of a semi-professional soccer team, he is a former director of the Canadian National Soccer League.

Domenic’s academic background includes a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Windsor and a BA from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He also studied Eastern European Development at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in Moscow, Russia and at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England.

As an extension of his part-time work with the Children’s Aid Society, in 1994, Domenic authored a children’s book that was designed as an educational tool for teachers of adolescents. In 1997, Domenic received a “Marketing Masters” award from Inc. Magazine for his efforts in marketing the book and a corresponding educational program that was distributed in five different countries, including Portugal, Cuba, Palau, Canada and the United States.

Please contact Domenic Aversa at DAversa@morris-anderson.com