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Derek Alderton has over 20 years experience in investment banking, consulting and turnarounds. Derek spent ten years with McKinsey & Company as Co-Head of their West Coast Media & Entertainment Practice and led consulting studies in Aerospace, Financial Services, Health Care, Property Development, Technology and Media & Entertainment. Derek has worked in 21 countries, leading teams of over 100 people on transactions as large as $12 billion. Since McKinsey, Derek has advised companies at all stages from start-up to the Fortune 500 and has provided support in areas such as corporate and growth strategy, partner negotiations and licensing agreements, new market opportunity assessment, operational performance improvements and marketing strategy. Before McKinsey, Derek worked in the M&A area of investment banking doing much of his work in international and multi-party alliance transactions along with conventional public and private company purchases in a variety of industries. Earlier in his career, Derek worked in insolvency administrations where he helped turnaround, reorganize and manage diverse businesses. Along with his consulting activities, Derek teaches Strategy and Entertainment Strategy part-time at UCLA's MBA program. Derek holds an M.B.A. from UCLA, and has degrees in Law and Economics from the University of Sydney. He received a Graduate Diploma in Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia, and is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants. | 