Kelly Hughes

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Mr. Kelly Hughes served as Senior Director at Kugman Partners. Mr. Hughes is highly skilled in strategy development and financial planning, including the development of business models and the implementation of operational improvements for companies experiencing financial stress and distress. Mr. Hughes has marked expertise in implementing workout and profit improvement strategies for healthcare clients. His healthcare experience includes serving as a Restructuring Project Leader to several acute care hospitals, multi-specialty physician practice groups, and senior care operations (assisted living, skilled nursing, continuing care retirement communities, home health care, and hospice care). Mr. Hughes is well-versed in developing and implementing resource allocation models using software platforms such as Fast Tract Surgery Scheduling Programs, physician-hospital integration strategies, financial forecasting, and capital budget models, as well as turnaround plans for healthcare service providers. Mr. Hughes recently served as a Director for a financial and operational advisory firm, where he led workout and liquidation initiatives, negotiated strategic acquisitions and new equity/debt infusions, and provided financial strategy expertise to clients in a wide array of industries. Other recent specific examples of his diverse experience include serving as Project Leader for the successful Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization of two separate private acute care hospitals in Los Angeles County. In addition, Mr. Hughes led a UCC Article 9 sale/auction on behalf of several secured lenders to a North Carolina-based forklift rental/sales company. Mr. Hughes negotiated and implemented a secured lender cooperation agreement as the subsequent auctions significantly exceeded lender expectations.