Ms. MacKenzie brings expertise in strategic planning, development and evaluation of business plans and financial models, assessment of viability and restructuring alternatives, distressed refinancing and negotiation of credit agreements, and managing sale processes and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements. 

Ms. MacKenzie has advised debtors, secured creditors, and corporate boards and executive management in out-of-court processes and court-appointed capacities under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, and has worked on numerous cross-border cases involving Chapter 11 or Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. She has worked with clients across a range of industries, including agriculture, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceutical, and retail with companies with revenues ranging from $2 million to $1 billion.

Ms. MacKenzie’s notable assignments have included acting on behalf of Forever 21 in its CCAA proceedings and on behalf of Aralez Pharmaceuticals in its cross-border insolvency proceedings. She served as CCAA Monitor and Foreign Representative of the Arctic Glacier companies in their cross-border insolvency proceedings; as CCAA Monitor of Comark Inc. (Bootlegger, Ricki’s and Cleo stores); Information Officer of Payless ShoeSource; Information Officer of Pier 1; Court-appointed Receiver of the P3 companies responsible for the redevelopment projects of St. Michael’s Hospital and Cambridge Memorial Hospital; and Interim Director of Finance of a large North American infrastructure engineering, construction consulting and staffing company where she managed the finance staff of five offices across the United States and Canada.

Most recently, Ms. MacKenzie acted as financial advisor and CCAA Monitor of Lydian International, a publicly traded, multi-national corporation with mining assets in Armenia and Georgia.

Ms. MacKenzie earned a bachelor’s degree from York University. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), a Board member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), and a member of the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals.