30+ years of experience in finance, operations and administration
Deep expertise in private equity
Strong focus on people and culture
New York
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John Scerbo is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement in New York. He specializes in long-term value creation of private equity firm operations. His primary areas of concentration are general partner finance, operations and administration.
With more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Scerbo has worked with founders and leaders of private equity firms and independently owned companies to create strategic and operational value. He focuses on people and culture to provide solutions for organizations and develop organic innovation.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Scerbo founded Sensory Network Management LLC, where he spent eight years serving clients in financial services, technology, events, chemicals and education. He also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer with Harvest Partners.
Previously, Mr. Scerbo spent 13 years with L Catterton, where he served as CFO. Before that, he spent 10 years working in corporate finance of various private equity owned portfolio companies.
Mr. Scerbo earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Pace University. He is a founding board member of the Private Equity CFO Association’s New York Chapter and holds the Private Equity Manager Leadership Award.
In our latest Q&A series focused on helping private equity managers improve their internal operations, we asked Managing Director John Scerbo to weigh in on the private equity regulatory changes stemming from the recently announced Private Fund Adviser rules release on August 23rd.
Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed John Scerbo as a Managing Director, with the firm’s Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) group.
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