Jim Wiesen

Jim Wiesen is a Managing Director with G2 Capital Advisors focused on corporate and credit restructuring advisory. Jim has over thirty years of financial advisory and interim management experience. His experience spans from middle market to Fortune 500 companies across several sectors. Over the years, his work has resulted in significant value creation for both institutional investors and companies.

At G2, he regularly serves as interim management. From 2013 to 2016, he served as CFO and then COO for a $200M seafood manufacturer and distributor. From 2016 to 2018, heserved as CFO for a $200M 3PL logistics company.

Specialties: General Management; Strategic Planning, Interim or Distress Management; Turnaround Management; M&A; Operational Restructuring; Operational Improvement.

Jim started his career at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC), consulting to both Fortune 500 companies and the middle market, including manufacturers and service companies in both the consumer and industrial sectors. In this position, he focused on finance, operations and process improvement for both business and manufacturing functions. Jim has worked on dozens of transactions directly with investors and management teams to lead turnaround and or pre/post-bankruptcy activities, specifically to restructure operations, improve profitability and cash flow, and in some cases, determine the ultimate viability of the company. In several situations, creditors have asked Jim to evaluate options and represent their interests. Increasingly, he is serving in interim roles as CFO or COO for 1 to 3 years, helping to reposition the company.

Jim currently serves on the board of the leading U.S. provider of industrial rollers to the metals, converting, pulp and paper, nonwovens/textiles, graphic arts, and business machine markets.

Jim received his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He passed the Illinois CPA exam in 1985.