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Nevin Sanli
President, Founder & Managing Director, Brussels
Los Angeles - (310) 571-3400
Brussels - +32 478 69 24 38
Business Background
Mr. Sanli is President and Founder of Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc. He is responsible for the overall management of the firm, including client engagements, litigation support, expert witness testimony, strategic planning and relationship management. Mr. Sanli, a member of the American Society of Appraisers, is an accredited Senior Appraiser, Business Valuation Discipline, and has been a financial consultant for over 30 years specializing in expert testimony & litigation opinions, forensic accounting, finance & economics, business, brand & IP valuations, fairness & solvency opinions and transaction advisory services. Mr. Sanli has extensive experience in developing cash flow statements and financial projections, conducting industry and market research, analysis of financial statements and valuing businesses.
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Deposition & Trial Testimony
Mr. Sanli is a seasoned provider of litigation support and expert witness testimony for economic and financial issues such as: marriage dissolutions, trust and probate litigation, business valuations, lost wages, determination of liability, breach of contract, eminent domain, corporate and partnership dissolutions, bankruptcy, anti-trust and unfair trade practices, trade secrets, and estate and gift taxes. Mr. Sanli has testified over 60 times in trial and over 200 times in deposition.
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Professional Credentials & Education
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Bachelor of Arts, Honors Economics, University of California at Irvine. Coursework included: advanced studies in finance, econometrics, mathematical and statistical models for business and applied research.
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Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), American Society of Appraisers, Business Valuation Discipline.
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Elected to Who’s Who in Industry and Finance, Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who Worldwide.
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Publications, Speeches & Seminars
Mr. Sanli has published numerous articles pertaining to business valuation issues, and speaks on the topics of business valuation and expert witness testimony at educational forums 10 to 20 times per year for public and private associations, bar associations and accounting societies. He is also an active speaker and trainer for continuing education classes in the fields of business valuation, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and eminent domain and is an Accredited Provider of MCLE courses for attorneys.
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Officer & Director Positions
Mr. Sanli has served as an officer and a member of the boards of directors of numerous professional and non-profit organizations in the community. He presently is active in professional associations which focus on providing education and the promotion of topics relevant to business valuations. Mr. Sanli was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dubnoff Center, a K-12 non-profit school for children with learning disabilities.
Thomas Pastore, ASA, CFA, MBA
CEO, Founder & Managing Director, Chicago
Los Angeles - (310) 571-3400
Chicago - (630) 457-9200
Business Background
Mr. Pastore is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc. He is responsible for the overall management of the firm, including client engagements, litigation support, expert witness testimony, administrative matters and relationship management. He has been involved in financial consulting for more than 30 years, specializing in investment and financial analysis, litigation consulting and public accounting. Mr. Pastore's extensive experience encompasses valuing numerous businesses in a wide range of industries including healthcare/ life sciences, information technology, services, manufacturing, holding companies and retail. He has served as an expert witness in federal and state courts for business litigation cases in California, Arizona, New York, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
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Deposition & Trial Testimony
Mr. Pastore is an experienced provider of expert witness testimony and litigation consulting for economic damages, valuations and forensic accounting in matters such as: marital dissolution, corporate and partnership dissolutions, eminent domain, bankruptcy, breach of contract, trade secrets, trust and probate litigation, and estate and gift taxes. Mr. Pastore has testified over 60 times in trial and over 200 times in deposition.
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Professional Credentials & Education
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Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), American Society of Appraisers, Business Valuation Discipline
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Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), member of the CFA institute
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Member, Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts
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Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – inactive
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Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
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Member, California Society of Certified Public Accountants
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Member, Institute of Management Accountants
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Past Vice President of Professional Education, West Los Angeles Chapter, Institute of Management Accountants
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Master in Business Administration, University of Michigan. Course work includes economics, finance, marketing and business strategy
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Bachelor in Business Administration with a major in accounting from Bryant College
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Publications, Speeches & Seminars
Mr. Pastore is an active participant as both an instructor and a student in continuing education classes on advanced topics of business valuation, taxation, eminent domain and redevelopment. He has presented speeches to numerous public and private associations, including bar associations and accounting societies. He is an official instructor for the California Redevelopment Association and SP&H’s Goodwill Loss Valuation Workshops, Levels I-IV.
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Officer & Director Positions
Mr. Pastore has served on the boards of directors of many California organizations. He is a past vice president of professional education at the Institute of Management Accountants, West Los Angeles Chapter.
Forrest Vickery, ASA
Managing Director, Northern California
Sacramento - (916) 614-0530
Business Background
Mr. Vickery is a Shareholder and Managing Director of Northern California operations with Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc. (SP&H). Mr. Vickery established and works from SP&H’s Sacramento office, primarily servicing clients throughout Northern California.
Mr. Vickery has been involved in special situations requiring expert financial opinions since joining SP&H in 1995. His experience includes expert witness testimony, business valuations, valuation advisory services, support for litigation, economic and financial research, statistical analysis, fairness opinions, forensic financial analysis, lost profits and economic damages analysis, and analysis of reasonable fair market compensation for executives. Mr. Vickery has extensive experience in financial data analyses; developing cash flows, economic benefit streams, and financial projections; conducting industry and market studies; analyzing financial statements and determining appropriate financial statement adjustments; performing sensitivity analyses; valuing businesses; and providing live expert testimony regarding financial opinions.
For business valuations, Mr. Vickery regularly performs valuation work for estate planning, estate and gift tax reporting, family and business succession/transition planning, intangible assets, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Section 409a, and fairness opinions. For dispute matters, Mr. Vickery regularly performs expert witness services for California eminent domain takings, California Corporations Code shareholder/partner dissolution matters, forensic financial analysis, lost profits, unjust enrichment, disgorgement, and economic damages, as well as other unique situations requiring financial expert testimony.
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Deposition & Trial Testimony
Mr. Vickery has experience testifying as an expert witness in California for matters involving business valuations, loss of business value, shareholder dispute/dissolution, marriage dissolution, trust and probate litigation, forensic financial analysis, ability to pay judgments, lost profits, financial data analysis, and various economic damages.
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​Education & Credentials
Bachelor of Arts degree in Honors Economics from the University of California at Irvine. He received various honors including cum laude at graduation and induction into the Phi Beta Kappa national honors society. Courses included economic theory, industrial organization, mathematical statistics, econometrics, applied research, and graduate-level microeconomic theory and mathematical economics. Mr. Vickery is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), Business Valuation Discipline, of the American Society of Appraisers. Publications, Speeches & Seminars Mr. Vickery has published several articles pertaining to business valuation issues, and has spoken on the topics of business valuation and expert witness testimony at educational forums for public and private associations, bar associations and accounting societies.
James Greene
Managing Director, San Diego
San Diego - (619) 246-8112
Business Background ​
Mr. James Greene is the Director of Business Development for Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc. Jim has more than twenty-five years of experience in marketing and business development for a wide range of professional services firms including valuation, public accounting, financial advisory and consulting in Southern California. Jim Greene’s prior experience includes service as Vice President & CFO of a publicly-traded insurance and financial services firm where he was also an officer of their mutual funds investment advisor and an NASD principal of its broker dealer distributors. ​
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Professional Credentials & Education
Mr. Greene received his MBA from Marquette University and is a cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he received an undergraduate degree in commerce and marketing.
Officer & Director Positions ​
James Greene is currently a member of the Estates and Trusts Council of Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation. Formerly he served as Chair of the Pediatric & Family Medical Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Eisner Pediatric & Family Medical Center, a private non-profit inner city health center in Los Angeles. He has served as an officer and director of a number of professional organizations including the Association for Corporate Growth, Financial Executives International, the Turnaround Management Association, and VICA, a business advocacy group.
Genco Sanli
Managing Director, Lagos, Nigeria
SP&H in Partnership with Deepleef
Nigeria - 234-906-000-7899
Belgium - +32 479 36 49 38
Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc.’s strategic partnership with Nigerian firm Deepleef Resources Limited in 2020 has led to the founding and registration of Sanli Pastore & Hill (Nig) in December 2023. Today SP&H (Nig) Ltd facilitates the successful resolution of business sales, shareholder exits, ESOP valuations as well as conflictual situations where mediation and arbitration will be supported by thorough and independent analysis. SP&H (Nig) Ltd also offers, through the integration of Deepleef’s experience, "Transitional CFO” services to the portfolio companies of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds in Nigeria and West Africa.
With Mr. Genco Sanli at the helm, the valuation methodology and practices developed and proven by SP&H coupled with the experience gained by Deepleef Resources Ltd. in transitional executive roles allows the Sanli Pastore & Hill group of companies to provide your firm and clients with an unmatched quality service of international standards in valuation, transaction advisory and forensic analysis and "CFO ad interim" services.
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Business Background ​
Mr. Genco Sanli served as Finance Director of a major Nigerian company in the logistics services industry from September 2016. Prior to moving to Lagos, he worked 27 years in Investment Banking and Wealth Management Divisions of first-tier banks such as JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Citibank as well as specialty players such as AIG Financial Products, Fortis Banque Privée and KBL European Private Bankers. In these institutions, he held management positions in which he applied creative solutions to complex strategic issues. His diverse experience in fast moving and challenging environments allowed him to build an analytical and “need to change” driven mind, invariably seeking improved processes and implementing efficient best practices. In his last banking posting in London, Mr. Sanli additionally acted as Change Agent within a McKinsey led project (Team Excellence) to overhaul the Fixed Income and Currencies Division at Commerzbank AG. He holds a MA in Political Science from Université Libre de Bruxelles and a MSc. in Management Studies from Boston University.
Alain Closier
Senior Advisor
Paris, France
Europe
France - +33 6 80 34 32 91
Alain Closier is a former member of the General Management Committee of the Société Générale group. With more than 35 years of experience in international banking and finance, he is, and has always been, passionate about creating innovative activities.
Alain Closier is a graduate of the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration (ENSAE) and holds a post-graduate degree in Economics from Panthéon-Sorbonne University, in Paris. He began his career as an economist, before joining the International Treasury department of Société Générale.
In the 90s, Alain was responsible for the international development of FIMAT. Originally only a French brokerage company, FIMAT has become in just a few years an international leader specializing in brokerage on derivative stock markets with a presence in more than 25 countries.
Alain Closier was also the creator of FIMATEX, a precursor of online brokers. In 2000, FIMATEX was one of the largest IPOs in Paris in the internet sector. After several mergers and acquisitions, FIMATEX became Boursorama, today one of the French leaders in online banking.
Alain Closier's work has been rewarded on several occasions by international financial institutions. As Director of Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS), he was elected “European Personality of the Year in Asset Servicing” in 2010 by Funds Europe magazine. Its teams were recognized both for their expertise in emerging markets and for their presence on a European scale.
Overseeing the development of the bank's venture capital activities in Silicon Valley during the 2000s, Alain Closier acquired in-depth knowledge of the problems encountered by start-ups, both in the United States and in Europe.
Today, when he is not traveling or studying new investments, Alain Closier advises large companies, start-ups and entrepreneurs developing innovative activities. He puts his knowledge and experience into their service, to help them create new activities in a global and rapidly evolving market context.
Ahmet Cokragan
Senior Advisor, Dubai
Europe: +32 475 39 23 39
Dubai UAE: +971 526 985 990
Ahmet Cokragan is an international businessman, global entrepreneur, and business developer specializing in high-tech industrial projects. His career expertise lies in particle accelerators and their industrial applications, particularly for sterilization of medical devices, food enhancement, shelf-life extension, phytosanitary export activities, advanced materials for space applications and smart polymers, as well as various applications of nuclear technologies in industry and healthcare.
As a 6-language multilingual commercial engineer, he is highly skilled in structuring and negotiating complex international bilateral contracts. He is a strategic thinker with expertise in financial, legal, and technical domains, an expert in bidding for sophisticated public and private tenders, and a mediator and facilitator for multilateral joint ventures. Additionally, he provides counsel in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and restructuring of stressed assets for international industrial companies.
Born in 1962 in Geneva, he holds both Belgian and Turkish nationalities. He graduated as a Commercial Engineer from ICHEC in Brussels in 1987 and has since built a career spanning over 35 years. Ahmet is also a founding member of Sustainable Anchorage, a company that is a long-term shareholder of IBA (www.iba.be), a world leader in particle accelerators.
Ahmet began his career at IBA in 1987, where he rapidly served as Corporate Vice President of Marketing & Sales, overseeing global operations. Alongside four associate partners, he played a key role in executing a Management Buy-Out, followed by IBA’s highly successful IPO in 1998, which remains one of the most remarkable IPOs in the industry. Today, IBA continues to be a global leader in its industry. Following the IPO, he was part of the team responsible for due diligence and qualification processes for IBA’s multiple acquisitions, later taking charge of structuring and managing the company’s M&A activities. He concluded his tenure at IBA as President of IBA Advanced Materials for Industry. While remaining a shareholder, he stepped down from his executive functions at the end of 2001 to become an independent businessman.
Throughout his career, Ahmet has participated in numerous bilateral and multilateral economicpolitical missions and has been recognized with several prestigious export awards, known as OSCARs, presented by the Prime Minister of Belgium, ex- King Albert of Belgium, and present King Philippe of Belgium.
IBA originated as a university spin-off, making it one of the few in Europe to successfully achieve an IPO and become a world leader in its industry. Drawing from this experience, Ahmet has developed extensive expertise in fostering synergies, strategies, and business development initiatives between universities and the private sector across various countries. His work continues to contribute to innovation-driven industries worldwide.
Lately he is active in organising consortiums between European companies and else to participate to international tenders for EPC projects , in Romania, Turkey, GCC countries and Indonesia. This for genral construction projects and also for oil and gaz operators in MENA.
Turhan Beriker
Senior Advisor, US & Istanbul
US: +1 646 541 8286
Turkey: +90 532 264 4712
Turhan Beriker is an ex-founder turned strategic advisor with 35+ years of international business experience. He co-founded and successfully exited Intermart Inc to Masco Corp USA, a multi-billion-dollar global leader in home improvement and building products. He also worked on a project with Debitel GmbH and Telsim (currently Vodafone Turkey) to launch the first MVNO in Eastern Europe, a pioneering initiative at the time.
In addition to Intermart, Turhan founded and led companies including Connecta and Sanicor, further strengthening his experience in scaling and restructuring businesses. He is also a Business Broker at BizEx, supporting clients in M&A transactions and exit strategies.
He currently advises SMEs, family offices, and entrepreneurs on M&A, corporate restructuring, and exit readiness, combining an operator’s pragmatism with investor insight.
As an angel investor and mentor, he supports founders navigating growth and strategic transitions, is a member of the BIC Angel Network, and serves on the Advisory Board of AI Collaborator. He has also been a guest speaker at Bosphorus University (Entrepreneurship 552), focusing on startup valuation.
Turhan holds a B.Sc. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and an M.Sc. in Engineering Management from Stanford University. Fluent in multiple languages and a committed marathon runner, he brings discipline, endurance, and a global perspective to every engagement. He is also pursuing ICF executive coaching certification, blending strategic advisory with leadership development.