Phoenix Management Services, a leading provider of sustainable, operationally focused solutions, announced that five new professionals have joined the firm to support its continued growth and expansion of services.

David Drinan joins Phoenix as a Managing Director in the New York office. Over the past eighteen years, Drinan has provided advice and counsel to a wide variety of clients in many different circumstances. He brings to Phoenix an extensive array of service experience including turnaround/restructuring, interim management, quality of earnings and investment banking services. Drinan is a fully licensed investment banking professional that is capable of assisting in the core services of the firm. David graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.A. in Finance and earned his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business with concentrations in finance, economics and entrepreneurship.

Jason Hanes joins Phoenix as a Director based in the Cleveland office and will be providing Phoenix with a wealth of experience gained from working through a variety of complex situations and transactions. He has spent the past fourteen years in a wide variety of roles within commercial and asset-based lending ranging from field auditor, relationship manager, portfolio manager and business development. Jason is an active CPA in OH with a B.S. in Accounting from Bowling Green State University and a M.B.A. from Cleveland State University.

Phoenix welcomes to the team three new analysts; Jack Murdoch and Patrick Bellot based in the Chadds Ford, PA (Philadelphia) office and Jenna Birkhold in Boston. Murdoc joins Phoenix after spending two years as a Credit Analyst and Underwriter in Leveraged Lending at Beneficial Bank. He is a Finance and Economics graduate from the University of Delaware. Bellot joins Phoenix after two years in a variety of roles in corporate finance bringing to the firm his solid business thinking skills and capabilities related to organizational and process changes. Bellot is a Cum Laude graduate from Suffolk University with a B.A. in Finance. Birkhold joins Phoenix after spending four years as a Risk Management Consultant at KFDA. She earned her M.B.A. from Babson College: Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business and is a Certified Risk Manager.

For over 30 years, Phoenix has provided smarter, operationally focused solutions for middle market companies in transition. Phoenix Management Services® provides turnaround, crisis and interim management, specialized advisory and operational due diligence services for both distressed and growth oriented companies. Phoenix Capital Resources® provides seamless investment banking solutions including M&A advisory, complex restructurings and capital placements. Phoenix Capital Resources is a U.S. registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC.