John Suckow

Senior Advisor
Served as consultant, financial advisor and interim management
Worked on behalf of companies, boards of directors and other stakeholders
Developer of solutions for complex problems
New York
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John Suckow is a Senior Advisor with Alvarez & Marsal in New York.

At A&M, Mr. Suckow served as Managing Director from 2002 through 2022, holding various positions including A&M’s Chief Operating Officer, CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., and Chief Restructuring Officer of Interstate Bakeries Corp.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Suckow worked with Arthur Andersen, having most recently served as the leader of Andersen’s U.S. Restructuring practice.

Mr. Suckow earned a bachelor's degree in accountancy from Miami University (Oxford).

 

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Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announces Jerry Dent and Phil Beckett as the new Practice Leaders of the firm’s Disputes and Investigations group in North America and Europe, respectively.
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Financial distress is accelerating and becoming more entrenched across European businesses as mounting macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures eroded both earnings and balance sheet resilience in 2025. The latest A&M Distress Alert highlights 13.5% of companies in Europe are now classified as distressed, the highest level since at least 2022 and up from 8.6% in 2024.