LEWISTON – Bill Howell has formed William E. Howell LLC to provide consulting and valuation services to small and medium-sized businesses.

For many years he was president and chief executive officer of Dion Distributors as well as Strategic Outsourcing. More recently he has the been the chief financial officer at Safe Handling. He’s both a certified valuation analyst and a certified public accountant who previously worked with the Big Four firm now called PriceWaterhouse Coopers in its Boston and Portland offices.

He has a master’s degree in business administration.

Howell consults in the areas of profit improvement, budgeting, debt structure, mergers/acquisitions/divestitures, organizational development, and strategic planning as well as fulfills part-time chief financial officer roles and provide valuation services.

Business valuations are most commonly required in conjunction with the purchase or sale of a business, succession planning, buy/sell agreements, charitable contributions, and estate and gift taxes.

In the litigation arena, valuations are often necessary in situations of business disruption, dissenting shareholder actions, divorce and partner disputes.

Howell may be reached at 782-4621 or [email protected].