About Us

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Mr. O’Rourke has over 25 years of financial services, transaction advisory, and turnaround management experience. His career combines lending and investment experience with advisory and transaction experience, particularly in the lower and middle market. He co-founded several lending platforms both in non-bank specialty finance units and for national and regional banks in their asset-based lending divisions. Throughout his career he has been in executive roles overseeing underwriting, credit, originations, workout and restructuring. In aggregate, the platforms entered into capital arrangements with over 250 companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe, totaling over $7.0 billion in originations.

In addition to founding Highland Park Advisory Group, Mr. O’Rourke worked with a nationally recognized turnaround management and transaction advisory firm. During the COVID crisis, he led numerous transactions, and served as CRO and CFO on multiple companies. Since starting Highland Park Advisory Group, the firm has successfully completed engagements to assist companies with raising government assistance loans, completed business assessments and creation of business plans and models, and was brought on in Chief Financial Officer roles. Mr. O’Rourke was a dual major at Boston College, obtaining degrees in Economics and History. He is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, the Secured Finance Association and the Turnaround Management Association.

 Senior transactor, financial manager (CFO, Treasurer, VP-Finance, VP-Corporate Development) and consultant/advisor with public and private company experience in corporate/leveraged finance, mergers and acquisitions, treasury and treasury operations and general financial management. Capabilities in private equity investing/corporate M&A and leveraged finance in the role of principal investor, corporate manager and banker. Managerial leadership role at startup organizations within private equity and large multinational contexts.