Mr. Mendlowitz founded Mendlowitz & Associates Inc., a corporate
recovery and insolvency practice, in 1992. Mr. Mendlowitz was
previously a Vice-President of Peat Marwick Thorne Inc., the
insolvency practice group of KPMG, an international accounting
firm.
Mr. Mendlowitz obtained his B.Com.
from the University of Toronto in 1979 and his designation from
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1981. He
started in the field of insolvency in 1981 while at Peat Marwick
Thorne, obtaining his licence as a Trustee in Bankruptcy in
1983. Mr. Mendlowitz has been certified as a specialist in the
field of insolvency and restructuring by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Ontario.
In the field of insolvency he has participated as:
a consultant to secured lenders performing
financial reviews and viability assessments ("look
sees");
a monitor for secured lenders providing
updated reports as to the current position of their borrowers;
an agent, receiver and receiver and manager
appointed by secured lenders enforcing and realizing on
their security;
a Trustee in Bankruptcy under a proposal
to creditors;
a Trustee in Bankruptcy to finalize a business'
affairs under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act; and
an advisor to individuals and professionals
attempting to restructure their personal debt load, either
formally or informally.
Mr. Mendlowitz is a member of the Canadian Association
of insolvency and Restructuring Professionals. He is also
a licenced Public Accountant. He has lectured to bankers on
various matters including security enforcement, monitoring,
and dealing with the management of companies in financial
difficulty.
Mr. Mendlowitz has also served on the Superintendent of Bankruptcy's
board of examiners in the trustee licencing process.
Ms. Martin is a full-time administrator in the insolvency practice.
She has completed the insolvency administration program offered
by the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring
Professionals and she has been certified by the Superintendent
of Bankruptcy to conduct financial counselling sessions for
individual debtors.