About Peter Murnane
Over the last 13 years, Peter Murnane, a certified public accountant and graduate with Distinction of The Wharton School with a Master's degree in business administration, has contributed to the success of several prominent global companies. In that time, Peter Murnane has worked for nine extremely successful companies and left a paper trail of increased revenue, profit and performance for each.
Since 2009, Peter Murnane has been the managing partner of the successful consulting services firm, Barlow Partners LLC, has providing operational and financial management, merger and acquisition, financing and restructuring expertise. Peter Murnane assisted a $12.8 billion public real estate finance company in the restructuring of one of their portfolio companies; provided M&A advisory services to a number of different private companies and is currently providing M&A advisory and project finance assistance for a private Egyptian logistics company.
In 2008, Peter Murnane served as chief operating officer and acting chief financial officer for VistaJet Holding SA, with offices in Farnborough, England; Salzburg, Austria; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Dubai; Hong Kong; and Zurich, Switzerland.
Peter Murnane expanded VistaJet's European/CIS charter business to the Middle East and Asia Pacific, launching a hub in Kuala Lumpur. Also, Peter Murnane helped secure a $259 million pre-delivery deposit financing agreement with Canada's Export Bank for VistaJet. Peter Murnane's efforts at VistaJet brought a 150 percent increase in flight hours and 14 additional aircraft.
In 2002, Peter Murnane became chief financial officer at Mesa Air Group, Inc., in Phoenix, where Peter Murnane oversaw almost a tripling in revenues ($523 million to $1.3 billion) and an improvement in earnings from a loss of $48 million, to a $34 million profit. Peter Murnane acquired 96 regional jets and raised more than $200 million through two public convertible subordinated debenture offerings and the financing of over $2 billion in aircraft acquisitions.
In 2000, Peter Murnane co-founded North-South Airways in Atlanta, a Part 135 air carrier in freight and passenger service.
In 1996, Peter Murnane joined International Airline Support Group, Inc., in Atlanta, as chief operating officer and chief financial officer, where he negotiated a $2.6 million acquisition of Garuda Indonesia's DC-9 spare parts inventory and the sale of six DC-9s and three Boeing 727s.
From 1996 to 2005, Peter Murnane was one of four founding partners and a general partner of Barlow Partners, LP, an investment group specializing in airline management, M&A, lease financing, and airline financial restructuring. Peter Murnane negotiated the return and settlement of 21 BAe J31 aircraft and 22 Embraer EMB-120 aircraft and Mesa's Bombardier CRJ purchase agreement.
In 1995, Peter Murnane joined Atlas Air, Inc., in Denver and JFK Airport in New York as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Peter Murnane oversaw legal due-diligence and led the global marketing plan for the company's IPO. Peter Murnane's efforts resulted in an excellent shareholder base, facilitating stock prices rising from $16 to $42 per share in just seven months.
As director of investment banking, transportation group, at Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York, Peter Murnane advised on the credit ratings agency process and provided counsel to the Australian government regarding the $1.5 billion dollar privatization of Qantas Airways. Peter Murnane also generated $20 to $30 million in annual revenues annually for Merrill Lynch, and expanded industry penetration by more than 35 percent. Peter Murnane executed 200 transactions valued at $40 billion.
Peter Murnane began his finance career as an associate at Lazard Freres in New York in 1985, and from 1980 to 1984, Peter Murnane worked at New York's Chemical Bank as assistant secretary and lending officer.
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