Dean E. Swick has 40 years of corporate governance, strategic planning, performance improvement, financial management, and restructuring leadership experience as a member of senior management and an advisor for public and private companies in the oilfield service, upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors.  Until August 2018, Mr. Swick was a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC (“A&M”) where he served as the Co-Leader of Energy Restructuring.  Mr. Swick’s experience in oil and gas restructuring includes serving as lead restructuring advisor to Stone Energy, Key Energy Services, and Express Energy Services.  Mr. Swick has served in senior management positions at several oil and gas companies, including as Chief Restructuring Officer of Swift Energy, Vice President Finance at GSE Environmental, and Interim Chief Financial Officer at Dresser, Inc.  In addition, Mr. Swick has led operational and financial performance improvement engagements at a number of oil and gas companies. 

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Swick was a Partner and Leader of Global Energy Investment Bank and Southwest Restructuring at Arthur Andersen from 1992 to 2002.  Mr. Swick also served as a Managing Director at the predecessor to JP Morgan Chase from 1987 to 1992 where he worked in financing companies in the oil and gas industry.  Mr. Swick received an M.B.A. from Northeastern University and a B.S. in Economics from St. Lawrence University.