Margarita Salazar

Ms. Salazar is a Senior Associate at Areté Capital Partners, where she helps companies and investors navigate financial and operational challenges. Ms. Salazar has experience supporting engagements focused on profitability analysis, liquidation analysis, project management, cost optimization, mergers and acquisitions, operational due diligence and liquidity forecasting. In addition, she has provided accounting and FP&A support to companies in various industries, including retail, manufacturing, mining, financial technology, food & dining, aviation, and healthcare.

At Areté, she has advised management teams in the homebuilding and aviation sectors on complex restructuring and liquidation strategies, leading analyses to compare stalking horse bids, structured wind-downs, and Chapter 7 versus Chapter 11 filing scenarios. Prior to joining Areté, Ms. Salazar was a Senior Consultant in FTI Consulting’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring group, where she advised corporate and financial sponsor clients on operational transformation initiatives. Her work included leading improvement efforts at a food manufacturing facility, including implementing automation, optimizing labor, and introducing KPI tracking tools. She also supported a financial technology company by identifying margin improvement opportunities and facilitating strategic communications with banks in order to accelerate collections. Her additional experience includes conducting profitability analyses, supporting liquidity forecasting and debt restructuring, and evaluating cost-saving opportunities for several various manufacturing related businesses. Earlier in her career, Ms. Salazar contributed to merger integration planning in the healthcare and education sectors and led a national sourcing initiative for a restaurant chain to improve vendor performance and cost efficiency.