John A. Casesa, Managing Partner
John Casesa is Managing Partner of Casesa Shapiro Group LLC, an independent advisory firm specializing in the auto industry, which he co-founded in 2006. The firm provides strategic and financial advice to major corporations, financial sponsors and governments.

Mr. Casesa previously served as Global Coordinator for Automotive Research and Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co. He led the firm's team of auto analysts producing equity research on more than 100 auto-related companies throughout the world and was ranked as an All-Star analyst 11 times by Institutional Investor magazine.

From 1989 to 1999 Mr. Casesa was a Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee at Wertheim Schroder & Co. From 1986 to 1989 he was a member of the Marketing and Product Planning Staff at General Motors Corporation.

Mr. Casesa has addressed the senior management and boards of many companies, trade associations and policy groups and serves as an industry advisor to the Automotive Governors at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.

Known for his knowledge of the industry's extensive value chain, Mr. Casesa created and hosted conferences on topics including The Transformation of Vehicle Retailing, Automaker Productivity Trends, The Evolving OEM/Supplier Relationship, Pension Reform, The Health Care Cost Crisis in the U.S., Trade Policy in the Auto Industry and Auto Safety Trends. In 2005, he co-authored with the World Resources Institute the landmark report, Energy Security & Climate Change: Investing in the Clean Car Revolution.

He has been a featured speaker at leading industry conferences including the Automotive News World Congress, the Center for Automotive Research's (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, and conferences hosted by the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA), the Society of Automotive Analysts (SAA), and the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA), and the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

Mr. Casesa is a past member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) User Advisor Council and served as a founding member of the New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE) Research Analyst Qualification Exam Committee.

He holds a B.S. magna cum laude from St. John's University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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