M. Christian Mitchell

Chris Mitchell serves on our internal Fairness Opinion and Solvency Opinion committees.

Mr. Mitchell has over 45 years of experience advising investors, federal regulatory agencies, and senior management on financial reporting, risk management, valuation, governance, regulation, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Mitchell is currently a director of Columbia Banking Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB), a regional bank holding company; TPG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MITT); a mortgage REIT; Parsons Corp. (NYSE: PSN), a global solutions provider to the defense, intelligence and critical infrastructure markets. Mr. Mitchell also serves on the board of directors of Marshall & Stevens. He previously served as a director of eight public or private equity-backed companies. Mr. Mitchell is a retired Deloitte senior partner and served as the National or Regional Managing Partner for various practices including audit, enterprise risk services, and financial services during his 26-year career. He was a founding member of the board of directors of Deloitte Consulting USA. In addition, Mr. Mitchell served as an Accounting Fellow to the Federal Home Loan Board in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mitchell is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama.

Mr. Mitchell served as an adjunct professor of Accounting at the University of Redlands and is chairman emeritus of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Pacific Southwest Chapter. In 2011 and 2012, Mr. Mitchell was named “One of the 100 Most Influential People in Corporate Governance” by Directorship magazine.