Company: HLI
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001302215-25-000084
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Company: HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 on advising public and private clients, boards of directors, and special committees on sell side and buy side mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Alley earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and graduated with highest distinction with an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Michigan. Mr. Alley has been with Houlihan Lokey for more than 30 years.

Christopher M. Crain has served as our General Counsel since September 2004. In that role, he manages our Legal and Compliance department. Mr. Crain earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Davis and a J.D., cum laude, from Loyola Law School. Mr. Crain’s experience prior to Houlihan Lokey includes working as an attorney with a global law firm, where he focused on financing transactions, infrastructure projects and environmental law, and as an executive for related nationally-recognized non-profit organizations focused on K-12 education, medical research, and access to capital. Mr. Crain has been with Houlihan Lokey for more than 20 years.

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Robert A. Schriesheim has served on our board of directors since 2015 and as the Lead Independent Director since January 2023. Mr. Schriesheim is chairman of Truax Partners LLC and leads large, complex transformations in partnership with Boards, CEOs and institutional investors as an investor and director. From December 2018 until April of 2021, he served as a director of Frontier Communications, where he was a member of the Audit Committee and served as chairman of the Finance Committee, overseeing Frontier’s financial restructuring and reorganization, including its emergence from Chapter 11 in April 2021. Previously, Mr. Schriesheim served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sears Holdings Corporation from August 2011 until October 2016. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Hewitt Associates, Inc., a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, from January 2010 to October 2010. From 2006 to 2009, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lawson Software, Inc., an ERP software provider. From August 2002 to October 2006, he was affiliated with ARCH Development Partners, LLC, a seed stage venture capital fund. Before joining ARCH, Mr. Schriesheim held executive positions at Global TeleSystems, SBC Equity Partners, Ameritech, AC Nielsen and Brooke Group Ltd. Mr. Schries