Overview
Our professionals bring unparalleled expertise and capabilities to our clients. The IAP team has over 100 years of experience spanning corporate finance and strategic consulting both domestically and internationally. Complementing our past work with both private and public companies, we have a special appreciation for the dynamics unique to many family-owned firms. Unlike traditional investment banking or strategy consulting firms, we integrate the best of these two disciplines with an operating perspective to deliver exemplary financial and strategic advisory services to our clients. We are headquartered in Chicago, a traditional food center in the US, and our network includes other US, European and Asian associates.
- Managing Directors
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Prior to co-founding the firm, Craig spent 15 years as a strategy and business development professional in the food and consumer products industries, most recently as Vice President of Corporate Strategy with the McDonald’s Corporation. Craig has deep expertise in helping companies improve their core business strategy, launch new ventures, develop partnerships, facilitate acquisitions and divestitures, and raise capital. In addition to his experience at McDonald’s, he previously advised numerous consumer products companies while with the Boston Consulting Group and as an independent consultant. He also worked in both the Risk and New Venture groups at Capital One Financial. After college, Craig served as a Marine Corps officer including service in Operation Desert Storm. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Northwestern University.
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Todd has extensive experience in a wide range of financial and operational activities that span a 30 year career. He has advised numerous public and private companies in the acquisition and disposition of strategic assets, including acting as a court‐appointed receiver. Prior to forming his own strategic consulting practice, Todd was a senior executive with the largest Denny’s restaurant franchisee, a publicly‐held company with multi‐state operations and over $400 million of revenue; that company also owned and franchised the Black‐eyed Pea restaurant brand. Previously he spent 14 years with Deloitte in both the audit and reorganization services departments. He has served on the boards of directors of several public and private companies and currently serves on the boards of Star Buffet, a publicly‐held restaurant company, and Buffets, Inc., a 357 unit chain which is in the process of emerging from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Todd has an MBA from the University of Missouri and a BA in Accounting from Southern Methodist University.
