Steven E. Knoop | Managing principal

Mr. Knoop has significant operational management experience as well as working over 40 years in corporate finance.  He successfully served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Turtle Wax, Inc. and as interim COO/CFO GlobalCare Clinical Trials.  At Turtle Wax, Mr. Knoop reorganized Turtle Wax domestically and internationally. He addressed complex issues and realized important improvements in almost every area of operations including; marketing, sales, distribution, finance, legal and human resources, to improve shareholder value. In this assignment, Mr. Knoop was featured on FOX Business News  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exOstZsPDzA

 Mr. Knoop serves as Managing Principal of FCA Advisors, Inc. leading a team of highly accomplished specialists in management strategy, restructuring and mergers and acquisitions. Previously, he was Co-Group Leader and Managing Director of the U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions group at BMO Nesbitt Burns (BMO Capital Markets) where he led his clients through numerous successful engagements; many of which involved complex financial and legal structures. He has been involved in numerous public and private transactions, including a number of unsolicited bid and defense engagements.  Mr. Knoop has also acted as a principal in several transactions.

Prior to working at BMO Capital Markets, Mr. Knoop was Co-Group Head of Business Advisory Services for Merrill Lynch in Chicago providing strategy for private companies concerning shareholder value issues. Mr. Knoop started his career at Chemical Bank (the acquirer of JP Morgan/Chase) in New York. After securing an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, he worked in corporate finance and M&A areas at Smith Barney and Kidder Peabody in New York.

Mr. Knoop served 6 years as a publicly elected Trustee of Barrington Hills, and is board member Demon Angels and Chicago Yacht Club https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pGtaJek5Kl-xOJQIcQd6TJIy3T23epxD/view?usp=sharing. Past Board member of Turtle Wax, Inc. and the Kellogg School of Management Advisory Board as well as Trustee of Sigma Chi – MU Chapter Foundation (Denison University).  Mr. Knoop started the nationally recognized Chicago Senior Hockey League, coached youth football for 9 years and has won numerous national regattas as a competitive sailor https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q2SIS-2tOSIdY0KSk7gOWV0vzsjQRn3V/view?usp=drive_link . Mr. Knoop served many years as a Lay Eucharistic Minister at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church.