Benjamin Taylor

Managing Director
20+ years of operating and consulting experience
Expertise includes interim leadership, operations strategy, and transformational change initiatives
Atlanta
@alvarezmarsal
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Ben Taylor is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement in Atlanta. With more than 20 years of operating and consulting experience, he focuses on interim leadership, operations strategy, new product introduction, and process improvement execution.

Mr. Taylor has worked in a wide variety of industries, including retail, express delivery and logistics, paper, aerospace, automotive, and industrial products. He has held roles in interim management and led cross-functional, multi-continent teams in operational leadership.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Taylor was the Principal of Harbour Pointe Group, a boutique hands-on consulting firm focused on development and execution of business expansion, revenue enhancement, and supply chain cost reduction strategies. Before that, he was the President of a paper converting company and held executive and senior roles in strategy, marketing, and operations at UPS Supply Chain Solutions and Industriaplex. He started his career as an officer in the U.S. Navy, in the nuclear power submarine force, and is a retired Commander in the U.S. Navy.

Mr. Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from The Citadel, South Carolina, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, Georgia. He also has graduate-level training as a nuclear engineer from the U.S. Navy and holds certificates in Strategy & Policy and National Security Decision Making from the U.S. Naval War College, Rhode Island. He was honored with the 2012 Transaction of the Year award by the Turnaround Management Association for his work with Aquilex Holdings, LLC.

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