In their annual 10-K filing, Barnes & Noble Education announced the names of the two new independent directors of the board who will serve as the majority on a new committee dedicated to “effect[ing] a ‘Specified Liquidity Transaction.’” Steven Panagos and Raphael Wallander both bring “extensive corporate transformation experience” to the board. Emily Chiu and Dan DeMatteo have left the board. Panagos was the managing director and vice chair of the recapitalization & restructuring group at investment bank Moelis & Company, and led restructuring efforts at a variety of companies. Previously he was the national practice leader at Kroll Zolfo […]