George A. Skouras

Mr. Skouras is an international banker, corporate restructuring advisor, investor, and fundraiser over a 30-year career culminating with his formation of Cue Capital LP in 2003. Cue specializes in capital raising efforts for private equity managers and companies and in particular venture backed companies and venture groups. In this capacity, Cue has raised over $1.1 billion through Cue’s direct institutional sales efforts, more than half for life science and healthcare groups. Prior to forming Cue, Mr. Skouras was Managing Director and Board Member of Austrian based Creditanstalt BankVerein’s investment bank in New York and Russia. At Creditanstalt, his responsibilities included capital raising and asset management for companies and investment funds investing in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Skouras began his career at Citibank in 1978, working primarily in the Bank’s loan workout group restructuring distressed companies. Mr. Skouras also started one of the first distressed credit funds in 1987, Citicorp Turnaround Investments. In 1991, he was named Managing Director of Citicorp International Equity Investments investing in companies for Citicorp in emerging markets through privatizations. In 1992, he became the first Citibank country head for the Russian Federation. Mr. Skouras graduated with a BA in Russian and Economics in 1976 from Tufts University and studied for a Master’s Degree at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), where he was awarded the merit of Honors and Distinction in 1978.