Tony Cotrupe, CFA: Managing Director
Tony Cotrupe brings over 30 years of experience in business valuations, investment banking, economic consulting, and private equity to Meliora Advisors.
Tony began his career at Ernst & Young in its Financial Services Group, where he performed pre- and post-transaction valuations for companies in a variety of industries. He was also an economist in E&Y’s International Services Office, where he provided economic consulting services to multinational corporations for transfer pricing, strategic planning, cross-border transactions, and litigation support.
From 2003 to 2006, Tony was a Director at Huron Consulting Group where he was responsible for Huron’s New York Financial Valuation Group. Tony led a team focusing on financial valuations for public and private companies.
From 2006 to 2008, Tony was Senior Vice President at Paramax Corporation, a middle-market M&A advisory firm in Upstate NY focusing on middle market M&A and other advisory engagements. At Paramax, Tony also led the corporate advisory and valuation services efforts.
Tony worked for eight years at J.P. Morgan Securities (formerly Chemical and Chase Securities), first as an investment banker in the Emerging Markets Investment Banking Group, where he structured debt and equity transactions for corporations in Brazil.
Tony then started and ran the Private Equity Group within JPM’s Global Private Bank, where he sourced, structured, and executed venture capital and buyout transactions for high net worth clients worldwide.
Tony also led the private equity fundraising effort, raising capital for large buyout firms including The Blackstone Group.
After J.P. Morgan, Tony joined Gerard Klauer Mattison (GKM) as a Private Equity Fund consultant, providing fundraising and fund management for a fund of funds focused on venture capital and buyout investments.
In 2009, Tony formed Meliora Advisors, LLC, a corporate advisory and consulting firm. Meliora Advisors has successfully executed projects in a broad array of industries, including:
- Aerospace,
- Biotechnology,
- Business Services,
- Financial Services,
- Food and Beverage,
- Healthcare,
- Heavy Manufacturing,
- Pharmaceuticals ,
- Power/Electricity,
- Robotics
- HealthTech.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Economics, both from the University of Rochester. He is a CFA Charter holder and a member of the CFA Institute. He has spoken at conferences and taught classes on valuation, M&A, and private equity.
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We work with clients across a broad array of industries – from the latest technological innovators to the most established industrial manufacturers. We work with private companies, many family-owned, all over the world and we help them to identify value drivers inside transactions or within their own companies. We pride ourselves on taking a value-driven approach and we continually work with our clients to increase corporate value. We ask questions and take the time to LISTEN to our clients’ concerns and issues. At the end of the day, we sell ANSWERS, not hours.