Mr.
Hayden is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Advisory Services business,
where he specializes in the delivery of corporate financial advisory, expert
witness, and post-transaction dispute resolution. He is based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
Prior
to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Hayden established a proven track record helping
companies and their stakeholders solve critical problems, resolve disputes, and
achieve superior results as a Partner in Deloitte’s valuation and modeling
group, and as a Partner in Ernst & Young’s valuation and dispute practice.
Mr. Hayden delivers solutions to Fortune 100 and middle-market consumer
products companies, private equity and debt funds, and legal counsel
representing defendants in complex civil litigation.
During
his 24-year career, Mr. Hayden has performed several hundred valuations,
delivered trial and arbitration testimony, advised corporate boards of the
potential risks and anticipated benefits of an acquisition, guided private
equity, debt, and venture capital funds through the process of valuing complex
securities, served as an accounting arbitrator, led global valuation
assignments, and developed a decision tree framework to assist in-house legal
teams in assessing exposure on significant litigation.
Mr. Hayden is a frequent presenter and author on
valuation and modeling topics. He recently co-authored a valuation and damages
book that contrasts the conceptual framework and practical application of
discount rates used in valuations and damages models. Mr. Hayden has served on
the AICPA Task Force that is preparing a practitioner guide on the valuation of
securities held by private equity, hedge, and venture capital funds.
Mr. Hayden holds an MBA from the University of
California, Davis and California State University, East Bay and a bachelor’s
degree from Western Michigan University. He is a CFA charterholder and an
Accredited Senior Appraiser. Mr. Hayden is also a CPA licensed in California with
an Accreditation in Business Valuation from the American Institute of CPAs.