Our Team of Business Litigation and Corporate Governance Advisors
H.S. Grace & Company, Inc.'s Business Litigation and Corporate Goverance Advisors Bring Real-World Perspective
H.S. Grace & Company’s business litigation and corporate governance advisors include former senior executives, board members, and professionals with extensive experience in corporate governance, finance, accounting, business operations, and complex litigation.
Collectively, our team brings more than 1,000 years of senior management and board experience across a wide range of industries. Our advisors apply their practical knowledge and real-world perspectives to complex business challenges, providing expert witness testimony, litigation consulting, corporate governance advisory services, and business consulting.
For each engagement, H.S. Grace assembles a focused team of advisors whose professional backgrounds, industry knowledge, and specialized expertise match the issues involved.
Explore our team below and follow the links to individual profiles for more information about each professional’s experience and areas of expertise.
H.S. Grace & Company, Inc. Officers
Executive Experience
President, H.S. Grace & Company, Inc.; Former CFO, Century Development Corporation; Former Chair, Financial Executives International
Executive Experience
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for H.S. Grace & Company, Inc.; Senior Tech Officer at JPMorgan Chase
H.S. Grace & Company, Inc. Board of Advisors
Executive Experience
Board of Directors, President and CEO, CPI Corp.
Board of Directors, EVP and CFO (Ret.) Lamson & Sessions Co.
Former Chair, President and CEO, Financial Executives International
Executive Experience
Retired Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer of Global Cash and Trade Finance, Global Head of Leverage Finance, and Co-Head of Corporate Loan Restructuring at Citibank
Executive Experience
Former CFO of diversified holding company that included the Houston Astros, the Astrodome Complex, cable television, hospitality, and real estate; Former Senior VP and CFO, Saber Energy (later Valero); Former CFO of private specialty agricultural technology development company; Former President Financial Executives International (Houston Chapter)
Executive Experience
Professor, Dept of Industrial Engineering, Lamar University (current); Dean of Engineering, Charles and Eleanor Garrett Endowed Chair, College of Engineering, Lamar University (2019-2024); Harmonic Work Science, Safety, Human Factors and Ergonomic Consulting
Executive Experience
Former NCG Chairman of KBR 2017-18, Former Audit Committee Chair of KBR for 2007–2017; Former CFO, Service Corporation International and Browning-Ferris Industries; Director, Financial Executives International (Houston Chapter); Director of CFA Society (Houston)
Executive Experience
Government Banking, JPMorgan Chase; SVP, Chase Bank; Past Board member, The Children’s Museum Houston
Executive Experience
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Ret.) AXA Financial/AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (SEC Registrant 1991-2012 and NYSE 1992 – 2001); Former Senior Financial Officer of CBS Consumer Products Group and Officer responsible for Internal Audit, CBS Inc.; Member of Board and former President of NYC Chapter of Financial Executives International
Executive Experience
Director, Americas Financial Practices (Ret.), Hewlett Packard Company; Board Director, NW Municipal Utility District 5, Cypress, TX; United Way of Greater Houston, Volunteer performing annual financial and governance reviews of United Way funded agencies
Executive Experience
NACD – Fellow; Board of Directors of NACD/NJ, Audit, Programs, and Sponsorship; Finance Committee of The Conference Board; Board of Directors, Audit (Chair), Special and Nominating/Governance Committees of Blackboard, Inc. (2004 IPO-2011 sale); Former CFO (ret.) ETS; Former VP/Financial Management & VP/Chief Accounting Officer of The New York Times Co.
Executive Experience
Member board of directors of an electric vehicle company (Audit Committee Chair, member of Compensation, Nomination and Corporate Governance Committees); Former Trustee of Fielding Graduate University (Chaired Budgeting, Finance and Audit Committee and member of Investment and IT Committees); Vice Chairman – Worldwide CFO of Initiative Media (Ret.); Previously EVP, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Campbell-Ewald Worldwide
Executive Experience
Chief Claims Officer, CRC Group, Wholesale & Specialty Brokerage – Atlanta; Regional Claims Executive, AIG-Atlanta, Georgia (Ret.); Senior VP, D&O Claims, AIG-New YorkChief Claims Officer, CRC Group, Wholesale & Specialty Brokerage – Atlanta; Regional Claims Executive, AIG-Atlanta, Georgia (Ret.); Senior VP, D&O Claims, AIG-New York
Executive Experience
Former Executive Director, New York State Society of CPAs and New York State School Boards Association
Executive Experience
Principal, Gensler (Ret.)
Executive Experience
Former CEO Omega Industrial Suppliers, Former CEO Associated Valve, Former regional CEO, Wilson Companies
Executive Experience
Former Practicing Attorney, Akin Gump, Vinson & Elkins, Locke Lord (f/k/a Locke Purnell), and Gordon Arata (Management Committee)
Executive Experience
Direktor, Credit Risk Management (Ret.), Deutsche Bank A.G.
Executive Experience
VP, Controller (Ret., Hilcorp; Former Chief Accounting Officer), Mission Resources; Board Member, Treasurer and Finance Chair, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
Executive Experience
Weinstein Professor of Accounting, Former Dir. of Center for Financial Integrity, Baruch College, The City University of New York
Executive Experience
Weinstein Professor of Accounting, Former Dir. of Center for Financial Integrity, Baruch College, The City University of New York
Executive Experience
Finance Director and CFO, Jubail Water and Power Co., Jubail, Saudi Arabia; Former Board Director and CFO, Hub Power Co., Karachi, Pakistan
Executive Experience
Former CFO: Intelligent Energy Solutions/E3 Greentech Enterprises, Inc.; Indianapolis Power & Light Company; Globeleq Ltd.; and Duke Energy Services
Executive Experience
Former Chevron Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M; Former CEO, Lodestone, Inc.
Executive Experience
MBA from NYU and BA in Mathematics from Brown University. VP and Treasurer, AT&T; CEO and Chair, AT&T Investment Management Corp; EVP of LaBranche & Co., a NYSE firm; Current Chair, the Turrell Fund; board member for private equity boards at JP Morgan; former board member for four public company boards. Author of “Uncommon Profits Through Stock Purchase Warrants” published by Dow-Jones Irwin.
Executive Experience
Chairman, Standard Parking Corp.; Board, InterDigital; Former CFO, RJR Nabisco
Executive Experience
Former Chairman and CFO, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc.; Former Chair, Financial Executives International; Director, Ethics Compliance Initiative; Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
Executive Experience
Former EVP, CFO Flotek Industries; Former Chief Accounting Officer, Champion Technologies
Executive Experience
Former COO & CFO Burrow Global LLC; Former VP, CFO Americas Intertek plc; Former Director Financial Operations Aspen Technology, Inc.; Divisional CFO, Finance, Strategic Planning & Administration Bailey Network Management
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VP Public & Governmental Policy, Contractor Service & Fabrication; Managing Partner, Sinclair Belgrave Energy; Former SVP Operations, BP Alaska; Former Director of The Dow Chemical Company, Global Operations
Executive Experience
Jesse H. Jones School of Business, Texas Southern University, Graduate Management Professor; Former Director of Asset-based Transactions, Enron Energy ServicesJesse H. Jones School of Business, Texas Southern University, Graduate Management Professor; Former Director of Asset-based Transactions, Enron Energy Services