Patrick Alves

Patrick Alves, MBA, currently serves as Senior Vice President of Turnaround & Restructuring at AlixPartners and has been a lecturer at ESSEC Business School since October 2021, focusing on financial statement analysis for executive MBA students. With extensive experience in finance and corporate restructuring, Alves has held key positions including CFO for pladis Global, where responsibilities included operational restructuring and EBITDA growth, and Finance Director for Castrol overseeing performance management and financial strategy in France and North & West Africa. Prior to these roles, Alves held various finance-related positions at BP, significantly improving business performance and control processes across multiple regions. Alves has advanced academic qualifications from ESSEC Business School, including an Executive MBA in Strategy and Management, and a specialization in Financial Management and Control.