About Mark Barra

Based in Connecticut, Mark Barra is a respected entrepreneurial presence who leads Global Financial Consulting LLC and offers knowledgeable solutions in the organizational restructuring sphere. Mark Barra emphasizes creative, proactive solutions that help resolve troubled international and domestic operations.

Among Barra’s interim leadership positions was as the chief executive officer of Norwegian Fast Ferries, where he diverted bankruptcy plans as he guided the firm’s successful rebuilding process. The ultimate aim was to enable the company’s acquisition and fully recoup investor funds. He also reduced an Argentine troubled aircraft portfolio by 85 percent, with minimal losses, at the height of the country’s financial crisis in the early 2000s.

Barra has also managed more than 15 various mega-pleasure yachts and developed marketing plans that allowed significant charter revenue to be raised. Working on an ongoing basis with the governmental program USAID, he additionally provided credit administration and business-entity management solutions to the banking systems of developing countries.

Mark Barra holds a bachelor of science in finance from the University of Connecticut and a master of business administration in global management earned at the University of Arizona. He has also lectured extensively on panels in areas such as international and domestic loan workouts and commercial banking.