John C Siciliano

John Siciliano is a managing director with PwC, focusing on the global asset management industry. His expertise is in defining strategic and business challenges; outlining and assessing potential solutions; and leading management teams to agreement on and implementation of business strategies. John has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry as a senior executive at several prominent global financial institutions. Prior to joining PwC, John served as Chairman of Avondale Strategies LLC, a provider of advisory services to asset management firms; as well as a Senior Advisor to Greenwich Associates; Kingsland Capital Management LLC; and Capital Position Ventures LLC. He was also an Advisory Partner at Grail Partners LLC. Prior, John was CEO of the five independent money management firms, with $95 billion in AUM, owned by New York Life (McKay Shields, Madison Square Investors, McMorgan & Company, New York Life Capital Partners, and Institutional Capital). In addition, he led the company’s entry into the Fund of Hedge Funds business with the acquisition of Private Advisors in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to joining New York Life Investments, John was Managing Partner of Grail Partners LLC, a merchant bank focused on investing in and providing advisory services to the investment management industry. Before joining Grail, John was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of BKF Capital Group, Inc., a NYSE listed company; the head of the global institutional business for Dimensional Fund Advisors and a Managing Principal of Payden & Rygel, as well as President of its mutual fund company. John has a B.A. from Pomona College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He serves on the board of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College and on the Board of Leaders at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is married to Wendy and they have three children: Stuart (28); Alex (25) and Stephen (22).