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Automotive Update 2024: Hosted by ACG Detroit, in Partnership with the SAA and Riveron
September 10 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Held in partnership with:
It’s been another active year in the automotive industry, and there are many questions about how the industry will move forward into 2025 and beyond. Join us as we break down the impact that EV pullbacks, excess manufacturing capacity, election outcomes, and capital markets are having on the entire industry.
Speakers:
Riveron
Senior Managing Director
Steven is a senior managing director with over 20 years of experience in providing turnaround, reorganization, M&A, and financial advisory services to distressed and underperforming companies. Steve specializes in insolvency/bankruptcy matters, turnaround and crisis management, profit enhancement, mergers and acquisitions, business valuation, raising of debt/equity capital, and liquidations both in and out of court. He has also served as an interim chief financial officer, chief restructuring officer, interim chief operating officer, treasurer, and court-appointed receiver for several middle market clients. In prior roles, Steve was a senior associate at PwC, specializing in financial service compliance, investment banking in technology and other service industries, and automotive industry financing, including debt offerings, securitizations, and private placements.
S&P Global Mobility
Executive Director, Automotive Analysis
Mike brings more than two decades of financial analysis, forecasting, consulting and manufacturing experience to S&P Global Mobility, with a primary focus on assisting automakers, suppliers and financial firms in their evaluation and understanding of the auto industry, as well as in-depth analysis of vehicle markets and technology trends. Mike is quoted frequently in the media on various automotive topics, and he regularly delivers presentations on the outlook for the automotive industry to company executives, financial investors and other interest groups, including past work with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Vienna, Austria. Mike graduated summa cum laude with an undergraduate degree in finance and later earned the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation.
Laurie Harbour
Principal, Manufacturing, Retail and Distribution
Wipfli
Laurie has more than 35 years of manufacturing and consulting experience. Before joining Wipfli, she was the co-owner of Harbour Results, Inc., and she has spent her career helping clients develop strategies, improve operations, reduce risk, and optimize business performance. Clients benefit from Laurie’s ability to work with leadership teams to assess the current state of their business and provide strategic and operation recommendations for improvement. Laurie’s specialties include: Business Strategy, Leadership Development, Operational Improvement, Benchmarking, Sales Strategy, and Talent Management.
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