Mr.
Mavredakis is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Financial
Sponsors Group, having previously managed the firm’s investment banking operations
and served as President of Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. He was also a member of
Houlihan Lokey’s Board of Directors prior to the firm’s IPO in August 2015.
Mr. Mavredakis has over 35 years of experience in
mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, private financings, and ESOP
buyouts, and he has personally closed more than 500 transactions. He was
Co-Director of ESOP Capital Partners, a $188 million mezzanine/private equity
fund.
Mr. Mavredakis is a frequent speaker to business
groups and law firms on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance issues.
Mr. Mavredakis served as managing editor and co-authored “Valuation Case
Study,” a chapter in the textbook entitled Financial Valuation: Businesses and
Business Interests, which was published in 1990 by Maxwell Macmillan/Rosenfeld
Launer. He has also published numerous articles on corporate finance.
Mr. Mavredakis holds a B.A. in Economics from the
University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA from the University of Denver
Graduate School of Business.