Mr. Lewellen has led in key account development initiatives, building long-term relationships and practice development capabilities by recruiting and mentoring junior staff. He has executed large-scale enterprise-wide transformation across the M&A cycle, handled carve-outs and divestiture execution programs, and served as lead Project/Program Manager for major company-wide implementation projects.

For a large, diversified financial group of companies, Mr. Lewellen led the Project Management Office (PMO) focused on its bank’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Consent Order response and remediation program. He specifically designed the IT program to establish a more effective IT risk governance program, prioritize implementation of IT procedures with risk-based controls and strengthen the risk culture to sustain strong IT risk management. Mr. Lewellen’s duties included revitalizing the program delivery to turnaround earlier program failures to successful non-objection of submissions from the regulators.

As part of a $75 billion merger of two global industrial gas companies, Mr. Lewellen advised on the concurrent carve-out of four businesses and the stand-up of the divested North American business, leading the PMO and all functional separation activities. For a top-five global investment bank, Mr. Lewellen led the PMO for three firm-wide regulatory compliance implementation programs supporting every major product area, business hub and functional support unit.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Lewellen held key roles in finance, strategy, M&A, and program management at Citigroup for its Citi Holdings and Corporate M&A divisions. Previously at Citi, he was the top-ranked performer in both Financial Management Associate and Financial Analyst programs.

Mr. Lewellen earned a bachelor’s degree in economics (finance and real estate concentrations) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.