Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), a professional services firm, has announced the addition of Managing Director Ben Hope to its Corporate Performance Improvement practice in Los Angeles. The addition of Hope will bolster the firm’s Media and Entertainment industry expertise, as well as help clients best navigate complex industry issues to maximize value.

Hope is bringing over 20 years of experience in the broadcast and cable, television and film production, global content syndication and distribution, and theme parks sector. In addition, he has extensive experience supporting mergers and acquisitions including the design and execution of technology integration strategies, application portfolio consolidation, organization redesign and rationalization of redundant business processes.

Prior to joining A&M, Hope held executive positions across multiple functions at NBCU and Fox Networks Group. As technology leader for NBCU and Fox, Hope developed and executed global technology strategies to transform business processes, automate workflows, manage solution portfolios and address increasingly dynamic changes in the media and entertainment marketplace.