Atlantic City emergency manager takes job at consulting firm

Kevin Lavin, the former corporate finance attorney appointed last year by Gov. Chris Christie to lead Atlantic City’s emergency management team, has left his post to become the co-president of the Texas-based Ankura Consulting Group.“I am delighted that Kevin is joining Ankura as a key member of our management team,” said Ankura CEO Roger Carlile. “His leadership skills in building and leading advisory businesses and his extensive experience assisting underperforming companies and their stakeholders will be invaluable to Ankura and its clients. His most recent role as the emergency manager of Atlantic City, New Jersey, demonstrates the broad range of his strategic, operational and restructuring capabilities.”

Lavin, who earlier this month issued his final report indicating that Atlantic City was set to run out of money by April, was appointed by Christie in January 2015 to serve as the city’s emergency manager alongside Kevyn Orr, the former emergency manager for the city of Detroit, who acted in an advisory role.

Orr left Atlantic City in April to rejoin the law firm of Jones Day in Washington, D.C.

Lavin will also serve on Ankura’s board of directors.

“After considering the possible opportunities for me, I concluded that Ankura’s collaborative culture, core values and spirit of entrepreneurialism offered me the best platform for serving clients as well as attracting and developing world-class professionals and leaders,” Lavin said.