Bio

Steven Lee is a Managing Director in Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Services practice and the Global Practice Leader of A&M's Global Transaction Analytics (GTA) service offering. In this role, he will be focused on the development, application and implementation of data analytics for A&M’s clients around the world regarding both buy-side and sell-side transactions as well as capital market activities. Mr. Lee brings 15 years of specialist experience in advising clients to effectively analyze and draw decision insights from financial and operational business data. Having lived and worked in both New York and London, he has significant international experience throughout Europe, Middle East, Latin America, and Asia, and across a wide variety of industries. Mr. Lee advises clients with M&A analytics throughout the lifecycle of private equity investments and corporate transactions. He assists private equity firms and other strategic buyers to leverage data analytics for maximum insights for investment decision making, and drives performance improvement through transparency of key operational metrics for corporations. He has significant experience in utilizing big data to contextualize company data with third party data to enhance both descriptive and predictive analytics. Most recently at A&M, Mr. Lee assisted a private equity firm considering investment into a home furnishing company by developing dynamic analytics models for sales, P/L, point-of-sale, and forecasting data, which provided insights into quality of earnings and profitability by sales channels. Previously, he assisted a consumer goods company evaluate the effective of marketing and promotional strategies based upon bulk sales and pricing. Prior to his role with Private Equity Services, Mr. Lee worked in the Forensic Technology Services practice of A&M and previously of several mid-size to large corporations including a Big Four accounting firm, to perform investigative data analytics in context of fraud, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Mr. Lee earned a bachelor's degree in science and engineering, with a focus on computer and telecommunication engineering, from the University of Pennsylvania. He is fluent in English and Korean, and has a working knowledge of Spanish. Mr. Lee is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), and EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE).