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Noah Gottdiener serves as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors for Duff & Phelps. He brings to this role more than 30 years of investment banking origination, execution and management experience as well as expertise in complex financial affairs, global economic markets and fiscal policy.
Under Noah’s leadership, Duff & Phelps’ revenue has increased from approximately $30 million in 2004 to $365 million in 2010. He has also enhanced the diversity and complexity of marquee client engagements; following the onset of the financial crisis in 2009, Noah oversaw the commission of a Valuation Report for the U.S. Congressional Oversight Panel on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Noah also guided the firm’s service as financial advisor to the Examiner in one of the world’s largest and most complex Chapter 11 proceedings: the restructuring of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. He also led the firm’s service as financial advisor to several sovereign governments throughout the global financial crisis.
Throughout his career, Noah has underscored a personal commitment to the promotion and advancement of global financial education. He presided over the creation of the Duff & Phelps Chair in Business Analysis & Valuation at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) – the first endowed professorship in Europe to concentrate on the connections between capital markets and financial reporting. In addition, he established the Duff & Phelps YOUniversity Deal Challenge to engage the next generation of financial leaders on technical, valuation-related topics. Noah also serves on the Princeton University Mathematics Advisory Council, as well as the Advisory Board of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs at Princeton University (effective July 2012).
Prior to joining Duff & Phelps, Noah was the founding partner of Stone Ridge Partners LLC, a mergers and acquisition advisory firm focused on middle market companies. Previously, 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. |  | 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 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 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 serves as leader of Duff & Phelps’ Investment Banking segment and head of corporate development for the firm. 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. 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. |
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