Bradley Wendt Returns as a Senior Consultant to the Finance Practice at Charles River Associates (CRA)
January 12 2021 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Charles River Associates (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in
providing economic, financial, and management consulting services,
today announced the return of Bradley Wendt as a Senior Consultant
to the firm’s Finance Practice.
“We are pleased to welcome Brad back after his two-year
appointment as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury,” added Paul Maleh, CRA’s Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer. “He is a leader in the
financial markets field and his in-depth industry and government
experience strengthens CRA’s client offerings.”
CRA’s Finance Co-Practice Leader Stephen O’Neil said, “We are
excited to have Brad back on the team. His strong expertise will
enhance how we address client matters dealing with fixed income
capital markets, securities pricing, best execution practices,
regulatory compliance, and municipal securities.”
Mr. Wendt led U.S. Treasury’s fiscal engagement with Puerto Rico
leadership on all issues central to the territory’s insolvency and
economic recovery. Additionally, he interfaced with multiple
federal agencies designing the fiscal controls required for
disbursing $40 billion in disaster recovery funds and $10 billion
of energy grid restoration.
Prior to joining CRA, Mr. Wendt was a Managing Director at
Goldman Sachs, where he created the firm’s municipal capital
markets group. He spent a decade leading the group’s structuring,
origination, trading, securitization, hedging, pricing, product
development, and end-of-day portfolio valuations.
While at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Wendt also co-founded BondDesk, the
leading trading platform for retail fixed income (currently d/b/a
Tradeweb Direct). Upon retiring from Goldman Sachs, Mr. Wendt
became BondDesk’s president and senior regulatory and credit
officer for its trading platform. The trading platform
electronically interfaces with 100,000 registered representatives,
executing 30,000 fixed income transactions per day.
During Mr. Wendt’s 30-year finance career, he directly
participated in $100 billion in security underwritings. His market
innovations include municipal bonds linked to inflation
(“MuniCPIs”) and municipal notes linked to a short-term reset
(“IndexedNotes”). Mr. Wendt was awarded the Institutional Investor
municipal capital markets Deal of the Year for innovative hedging
of changes in federal tax law.
Mr. Wendt holds a Master of Business Administration in finance
from The Tuck School at Dartmouth College, a Master of Business
Administration in marketing from the University of Colorado, and a
Bachelor of Science in management from the United States Air Force
Academy.
About CRA’s Finance Practice
CRA has been involved in many of the largest and most prominent
financial disputes that have occurred over the past decade. Banks
and other financial firms rely on us for high quality research and
analysis, expert testimony, and comprehensive support in litigation
and regulatory proceedings. Our experts have backgrounds in all
areas of finance and accounting and work closely with leading
academics from top-tier research institutions, including former
members of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, CFTC, DOJ,
and European Commission.
About Charles River Associates (CRA)
Charles River Associates® is a leading global consulting firm
specializing in economic, financial, and management consulting
services. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters
pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides
corporations through critical business strategy and
performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA
for its unique combination of functional expertise and industry
knowledge, and for its objective solutions to complex problems.
Headquartered in Boston, CRA has offices throughout the world.
Detailed information about Charles River Associates, a registered
trade name of CRA International, Inc., is available at
www.crai.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Statements in this press release concerning the addition of
Bradley Wendt, CRA’s finance consulting offering, and future
business Bradley Wendt may generate for CRA and statements using
the terms “strengthen,” “enhance,” or similar expressions are
“forward-looking” statements as defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon
management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of
factors and uncertainties. Information contained in these
forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain, and actual
performance and results may differ materially due to many important
factors. Such factors that could cause actual performance or
results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements
made by CRA include, among others, the failure to generate
engagements for us; dependence on the growth of our litigation or
consulting practice, including in finance; the potential loss of
clients; the demand environment; global economic conditions;
foreign exchange rate fluctuations; and intense competition, as
well as other potential factors that could affect our financial
results are included in our periodic filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including those under the heading “Risk
Factors.” We cannot guarantee any future results, levels of
activity, performance, or achievement. We undertake no obligation
to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this
press release, and we do not intend to do so.
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