Stuart Walker Joins Armory Group as Managing Director and Head of Healthcare

Stuart Walker

Armory Group, LLC, a leading financial advisory firm serving the middle market, is pleased to welcome Stuart Walker as a Managing Director and Head of Armory’s Healthcare practice. Based in Dallas, Stuart brings more than 30 years of experience in a wide range of financial advisory roles as an experienced operating executive and consultant with deep expertise in healthcare and distressed businesses.

Prior to joining Armory, Stuart was a Senior Expert at McKinsey & Company where he was a leader in the Enterprise Transformation Center of Excellence within McKinsey’s Health Systems and Services practice. While there he focused on serving hospital systems, physician providers, and healthcare services companies in their transformation and restructuring efforts.  Over the course of his career, Stuart has advised healthcare leaders in solving a range of complex challenges, created an impact across multiple operating levers, and counseled management teams to drive transformative and lasting change.  Before McKinsey, Stuart was a Managing Director in Huron Consulting Group’s Restructuring and Turnaround practice, where he acted as an advisor to companies in various stages of financial distress providing operational turnaround assistance, assisting in complex financial restructuring and acting as a financial advisor to debtors, secured creditors, and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. During his tenure, Stuart also served as interim CFO for several healthcare companies, as well as serving as a financial and restructuring advisor.

“We are pleased to bring on someone with Stuart’s depth of experience to head Armory’s Healthcare division,” said Eben Perison, co-founder of Armory Group. “Not only is he a seasoned veteran in the healthcare industry, but his deep experience in working with distressed businesses overall and providing interim and crisis management, performance improvement, workout and restructuring further enhances Armory’s team and depth in the Dallas and Southwest market.”

“I am excited to lead Armory’s Healthcare team and further build out Armory’s special situations and restructuring team in Dallas as we embark on our next phase of growth. Armory’s strong market position in both consulting and investment banking provides a unique opportunity to deliver an integrated approach and comprehensive solutions to middle market companies and their stakeholders.” – Stuart Walker

Stuart graduated from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Management Information Systems. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA).

Stuart can be reached at 972.235.7040 or at swalker@armorystrategic.com.

About Armory Group, LLC

Armory Group, LLC provides comprehensive capabilities focused exclusively on the middle market, including investment banking, consulting and asset management. Our collective capabilities, including our award-winning team of industry experts, allows us the flexibility to deploy the right resources to best serve the specific needs of our clients. Learn more at armorygroupllc.com.