Mr. Pittman is a Managing Director and Markets Leader for Houlihan Lokey’s Transaction Advisory Services practice and is responsible for leading service innovation and client development, as well as coordinating cross-border deals across Houlihan Lokey’s global network of transaction service professionals. He is based in the firm’s Dallas office.

Mr. Pittman has more than 20 years of relevant public accounting and transaction experience working with financial sponsors and corporate clients in the consumer, food, industrials, insurance, and energy sectors. He has advised on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and divestitures with an aggregate value of more than $20 billion.

Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey in 2009, Mr. Pittman was a Principal in Lockton Companies’ Mergers and Acquisitions practice, providing buyside diligence advisory and transaction-related risk management products for private equity and strategic buyers. Before this, he was Corporate Controller for EXCO Resources, a publicly traded E&P company based in Dallas, where he was actively involved in private and public capital raises and acquisitions across the Gulf Coast, Appalachia, and the Canadian basins. Mr. Pittman spent the first 10 years of his career in public accounting with KPMG and Deloitte, providing audit and advisory services to public and private clients, where he was involved in initial public offerings on the NYSE and NASDAQ.

Mr. Pittman has previously served on the Board of Directors of The Boys & Girls Club (Houston Chapter).

Mr. Pittman holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas.