John A Casesa

John A. Casesa has served as Managing Partner of the Casesa Shapiro Group LLC since 2006. The Group makes actively-managed investments in targeted segments of the automotive industry and provides advisory services to corporate clients. Mr. Casesa served as Global Coordinator for Automotive Research and Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1999 to 2006. Previously, Mr. Casesa was a Managing Director and a member of the Investment Committee at the investment bank Wertheim Schroder & Co. He also served on the Marketing and Product Planning staff of General Motors. As one of Wall Street's leading automotive analysts, Mr. Casesa has addressed numerous automotive industry conferences including the University of Michigan's Management Briefing Seminars, the SAE Global Product Development Conference and the Automotive News World Congress. He is a past member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board User Advisor Council, the New York Stock Exchange Research Analyst Qualification Exam Committee and is a past president of the Automotive Analysts of New York.