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Leadership Team

Noah Gottdiener
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board

Since 2004, Noah Gottdiener has served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors for Duff & Phelps. During Noah’s tenure, Duff & Phelps’ revenue has increased from approximately $30 million in 2004 to $469 million in 2012. He has grown a team of more than 1,000 employees with more than 30 offices spanning North America, Europe and Asia.

Most recently, Noah led the company through a go-private transaction, backed by a consortium of investors and management.

Previously, Noah was the founding partner of Stone Ridge Partners LLC, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm focused on middle market companies; Noah used this platform to acquire Duff & Phelps. Prior to that, Noah was a partner with Thomas Weisel Partners and Furman Selz LLC. He was also a managing director at Lehman Brothers, where he began his career.

Noah received his B.A. from Princeton University and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Advisory Board of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Noah also sits on the Advisory Board of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and the Board of Trustees for The Brearley School.

Patrick Puzzuoli
Chief Financial Officer

Patrick Puzzuoli is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Duff & Phelps. He previously served as managing director of Finance, responsible for building and maintaining the firm’s finance and accounting team, and as controller. He has been affiliated with Duff & Phelps and its predecessor firms for more than seven years.

Prior to joining Duff & Phelps, Patrick was the director of strategy and financial analysis for Jupiter Media Metrix, a provider of syndicated research, where he was responsible for implementing financial metrics, analysis and procedures after the firm’s initial public offering. Patrick has also held roles in strategic planning, financial analysis and reporting at Madison Square Garden and Comedy Central.

Patrick received a B.S. in accounting from the University of Maryland at College Park and an M.B.A. in finance from Fordham University.

Brett Marschke
Chief Operating Officer

Brett Marschke is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Duff & Phelps. From September 2001 to January 2007, Brett was employed by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., where he held the position of vice president of human resources for the Information & Media business and was a member of the Information and Media Executive team.

Brett has extensive professional service and consulting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Andersen Consulting (Accenture), Gemini Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand.

Brett holds a B.A. in economics from the State University of New York and a CCP certification from the American Compensation Association.

Edward S. Forman
General Counsel

Edward S. Forman serves as Duff & Phelps' executive vice president, general counsel and secretary.

From May 1998 to February 2006, Edward was employed by The BISYS Group, Inc., a publicly traded financial outsourcing company, most recently as its senior vice president, acting general counsel and secretary.

Edward received his B.A. in economics from Yeshiva University and his J.D. and M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Jacob Silverman
Investment Banking Segment Leader

Jacob Silverman is Duff & Phelps' executive vice president for corporate development and Investment Banking segment leader. He joined Duff & Phelps in March 2004 and was elevated to his current position in March 2011, after serving as chief financial officer for five years.

In addition, Jacob is a member of the board of directors for iLevel Solutions, a leading provider of private equity software and reporting solutions.

Prior to joining Duff & Phelps, he was with Stone Ridge Partners LLC, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm focused on middle market companies. Jacob joined Stone Ridge Partners from Atomica Corporation, a venture-backed enterprise software company, where he served as vice president of finance and acting CFO. Prior to Atomica, he worked for Oak Hill Advisors, a private investment firm.

Jacob received his M.B.A and B.A. from Harvard University.

Kleon Phili
Financial Advisory Segment Leader

Kleon Phili is executive vice president and Financial Advisory segment leader of Duff & Phelps. Previously, Kleon was the leader of the firm’s international segment and launched its European and Asian operations.

Kleon has more than 25 years of domestic and international valuation experience with Duff & Phelps and its predecessor firms – including a stint as a managing director in Standard & Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting practice. Earlier he was a Partner in PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ Valuation Group. Kleon also has corporate lending experience with a major foreign commercial bank, and he practiced as a civil/structural engineer before starting his valuation career with Coopers & Lybrand.

Kleon received his M.B.A. in finance from Fordham University and his B.E. in civil/structural engineering from Manhattan College.

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