John serves as President of Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller. He is responsible for executing acquisition, divestiture and capital-formation transactions for corporate clients. Prior to forming the firm, John was an Associate Director at Coopers & Lybrand Securities, LLC, where he played a key role in creating the company's investment banking subsidiary. During his tenure at Coopers & Lybrand, John focused on the insurance industry, serving as the lead advisor on numerous financings, divestitures and acquisitions for public, private and mutual property-casualty and life insurance companies, ranging in size from $5 million to more than $1 billion. Before working at Coopers & Lybrand, John worked for two national valuation firms providing valuation services to buyers, sellers and regulators for transactions in the utility, insurance and securities industries. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Notre Dame and a master's degree in finance and marketing from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. |