Keith Maib

Keith is a Senior Managing Director in Accordion’s Turnaround and Restructuring practice.  He has been with Accordion and Mackinac Partners, which Accordion acquired in 2021, for 18 years.  Keith has over 40 years of diversified business experience. In addition to serving as a partner in two international accounting firms, Keith has extensive experience in leading companies through periods of pervasive change and turmoil and is nationally recognized as a leading turnaround executive. His industry experience includes insurance (both P&C and Life), telecommunications, technology, hospitality, retail, real estate, event services, consumer products, and manufacturing. Keith has worked with key partners that include Prudential Capital Partners, Marblegate Asset Management, Falcon Investments, Apollo, New Mountain Capital, and Littlejohn & Co.

Keith’s C-level appointments include:

• CRO of Hooters of America
• CRO and Chief Transformation Officer for OSG Holdings, Inc. a leading provider of outsourced print and mail services in the US and United Kingdom
• CFO of Drybar Holdings, owner, operator and franchisor of specialty hair salons
• Interim CFO of Unitek, a leading construction and engineering firm building telecommunications networks across the United States.
• CEO of D&W Fine Pack, a manufacturer of plastic packaging primarily for use in the food service industry
• CRO/COO of ARCA Technologies, a global manufacturing company in the cash processing sector.
• CRO of Colt Defense, the iconic American gun manufacturer.
• CRO of lia sophia, a $175MM direct seller of fashion jewelry.
• CRO of AgFeed a global swine production company that was recognized as the Turnaround Management Association 2014 Deal of the Year.
• Interim CEO and Interim CFO for PlayPower Holdings, Inc., the world’s largest, fully integrated manufacturer and channel sales/marketer of commercial playground equipment.
• Interim CFO of Norwood Promotional Products, one of America’s largest promotional products companies..
• Interim COO and CMO for Sunterra Corporation, a leading developer and marketer of vacation ownership properties.
• CRO for RSL Communications, a global telecommunications company founded by Ronald Lauder.
• CEO of Worldnet Communications, Inc., an owner and operator of terrestrial and submarine telecommunications networks.
• CEO of Penncorp Financial Group, Inc., a life and health insurance company.
• CFO of Acordia, Inc., a broker and administrator of property and casualty and health insurance products.
• COO Borland International, a leading developer of desktop computer applications (dBase, Paradox, QuatroPro)

Keith was awarded the M&A Advisor Leadership Award in 2017 and in recognition of his long and successful career, Keith was inducted into the M&A Advisor Hall of Fame in 2018.

Keith graduated from the University of Kansas in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and an emphasis in accounting.