Experts & Advisors
Joe D’Ascoli
Senior Managing Director
Joe D’Ascoli is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura and the Leader of Ankura Office of the CFO® focused on partnering with CFOs and executive teams to lead business and finance transformation efforts. Joe specializes in financial strategy, forecasting, and analytics, and frequently leads cross-functional projects to drive liquidity and EBITDA improvements. He has significant experience working for both public and private equity-sponsored companies across industries including retail, e-commerce, and consumer, travel and leisure, franchisors, restaurant, business services, financial services, transportation, healthcare, real estate, distribution, and manufacturing.
Experience
Joe’s expertise has helped clients facing a variety of challenges, from managing liquidity and turning around declining businesses, to developing growth plans and supporting the execution of initial public offerings (IPOs) and M&A transactions. He has led process improvement and organizational change projects to unlock working capital savings, deliver better financial analytics, and reduce the cost of finance, and has also served in multiple interim management roles, including Chief Transformation Officer, Interim CFO, Deputy CRO, and Cash Czar.
Prior to joining Ankura, Joe was a managing director in the CFO solutions practice at a consulting firm and before that, a managing director of the CFO solutions team at a global business advisory firm.
- Education
- MBA, Management, Columbia University – Business School
- BS, Finance, Economics, Boston College
- Certifications
- Certified Corporate FP&A Professional (inactive)
- Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Professional (inactive)
