Joseph Sevely

Mr. Sevely is a Partner at Gracie Point and its CFO/COO.

He has over 30 years of experience in both financial management and new business initiatives and has an extensive background in capital markets, securitization, insurance, derivatives, liquidity and risk management. He has previously been CFO of both private and publicly traded companies. Most recently he was CFO of Aspen Group, an EdTech holding company listed on Nasdaq. Previously he was CFO of Cutwater Asset Management, a fixed income asset manager that was sold to BNY Mellon. He also held senior positions at MBIA Inc., including Corporate Treasurer, Head of Market Risk and Head of Consumer ABS New Business. Earlier in his career he held positions of increasing responsibility at major Wall Street firms. He served as Controller of Merrill Lynch’s Global Sales and Trading Division and also led teams responsible for derivative and structured finance product development and client marketing at Bankers Trust.

In addition to his career in finance, he is also an experienced educator, having taught graduate courses in Risk Management, Finance and Insurance at Columbia University, NYU Stern and St. John’s University, respectively. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.